All 8 Uses of
odious
in
The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1
- She accused him of an odious want of seriousness, of laughing at all things, beginning with himself.†
Chpt 7 *
- 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
Definition:
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(odious) extremely unpleasant, disgusting, dislikable, or worthy of hate