All 3 Uses
odious
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The Prince
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- Afterwards the duke considered that it was not advisable to confer such excessive authority, for he had no doubt but that he would become odious, so he set up a court of judgment in the country, under a most excellent president, wherein all cities had their advocates.†
Chpt 7 *odious = extremely unpleasant, disgusting, dislikable, or worthy of hate
- Therefore, a prince who has a strong city, and had not made himself odious, will not be attacked, or if any one should attack he will only be driven off with disgrace; again, because that the affairs of this world are so changeable, it is almost impossible to keep an army a whole year in the field without being interfered with.†
Chpt 10
- This will soon make him odious to his subjects, and becoming poor he will be little valued by any one; thus, with his liberality, having offended many and rewarded few, he is affected by the very first trouble and imperilled by whatever may be the first danger; recognizing this himself, and wishing to draw back from it, he runs at once into the reproach of being miserly.†
Chpt 16
Definitions:
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(1)
(odious) extremely unpleasant, disgusting, dislikable, or worthy of hate
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)