All 4 Uses
odious
in
The Stranger, by Albert Camus
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- I guessed that he was going to talk about Mother, and at the same moment realized how odious I would find this.†
Chpt 2.3odious = extremely unpleasant, disgusting, dislikable, or worthy of hate
- And what made it even more odious was the personality of the prisoner, an inhuman monster wholly without a moral sense.
Chpt 2.3 *
- While thinking this over, I missed what he said next, until I heard him exclaim indignantly, "And has he uttered a word of regret for his most odious crime?†
Chpt 2.4
- A moment came when the Prosecutor paused and, after a short silence, said in a low, vibrant voice, "This same court, gentlemen, will be called on to try tomorrow that most odious of crimes, the murder of a father by his son."†
Chpt 2.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(odious) extremely unpleasant, disgusting, dislikable, or worthy of hate
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)