/ˈəʊ.di.əm/, /ˈoʊ.di.əm/
OriginLearned borrowing from Latin odium.
- countable, uncountableHatred; dislike.
“His conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.”
“And it gives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citizens, (who devote themselves to the favorite nation,) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes ”
“‘I warned you, if you give evidence against your husband, you will be shunned. You will be held in odium. You will be alone.’”
- countable, uncountableThe quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
“She threw the odium of the fact on me.”
Formsodiums(plural)