All 8 Uses

odious
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The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1
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She accused him of an odious want of seriousness, of laughing at all things, beginning with himself.†
Chpt 7 *

odious = extremely unpleasant, disgusting, dislikable, or worthy of hate
She had virtually requested him to go—he knew that; but at the risk of making himself odious he kept his ground.†
Chpt 16
You're very odious.†
Chpt 18
Isabel was apparently on the point of assuring her cousin for the third time that he was odious; but the discussion was interrupted by the arrival of the lady who was the topic of it.†
Chpt 18
"Paris is much less attractive than in the days of the Emperor; HE knew how to make a city pleasant," Mr. Luce had often remarked to Mrs. Touchett, who was quite of his own way of thinking and wished to know what one had crossed that odious Atlantic for but to get away from republics.†
Chpt 20
How can you say that, at the very moment when I'm asking such odious questions?†
Chpt 21
You're very odious, sir!†
Chpt 23
The Countess's manner was odious, was really low; but it was an old story, and with her eyes upon the violet slope of Monte Morello she gave herself up to reflection.†
Chpt 25

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