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Odious

//ˈoʊ.di.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.

    "Scrubbing the toilets in the bar at the end of a Saturday night is an odious task."

Adjective
  1. 1
    unequivocally detestable wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English odious, from Old French odieus, from Latin odiōsus, from odium (“hate”).

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