All 4 Uses
odious
in
Madame Bovary
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- The noise of footsteps made her ill; when people left her, solitude became odious to her; if they came back, it was doubtless to see her die.†
Chpt 1.1 *odious = extremely unpleasant, disgusting, dislikable, or worthy of hate
- This refusal to take any refreshment seemed to him the most odious hypocrisy; all priests tippled on the sly, and were trying to bring back the days of the tithe.†
Chpt 2.1
- If she had spoken seriously, it was very ridiculous, he thought, even odious; for he had no reason to hate the good Charles, not being what is called devoured by jealousy; and on this subject Emma had taken a great vow that he did not think in the best of taste.†
Chpt 2.10
- Rodolphe would come; she had sent for him to tell him that she was bored, that her husband was odious, her life frightful.†
Chpt 2.12
Definitions:
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(1)
(odious) extremely unpleasant, disgusting, dislikable, or worthy of hate
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)