as in disgrace
the state of having lost the esteem of others
time did nothing to diminish the odium in which the traitor lived out his days
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Recent Examples of odium
Pashinyan had led the movement to oust Moscow’s influence in Armenia; he was now saddled with the odium of losing Karabakh on his watch.
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Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
By making such statements with actual malice to the public and also through social media, each of the defendants knew or should have known that their comments would be widely disseminated, exposing Judge Moore to disgrace, ridicule, odium and contempt resulting in compensatory and punitive damages.
—Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2022
This season will only add to the odium.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2022
By heaping odium on Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, one of several prominent opposition figures, the government gave a divided opposition a leader to unite around.
—Christopher De Bellaigue, The New York Review of Books, 13 Oct. 2022
The Buccaneers were the team willing to absorb the odium of signing Brown in 2020 after a series of incidents that transformed one of the most talented wide receivers in the NFL into someone that most teams thought wasn’t worth the risk because of his behavior.
—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2022
In addition, the odium among the Left is so pernicious and so ubiquitous that the surveyors themselves may pollute the very taking of polls.
—Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 31 Dec. 2019
Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
By making such statements with actual malice to the public and also through social media, each of the defendants knew or should have known that their comments would be widely disseminated, exposing Judge Moore to disgrace, ridicule, odium and contempt resulting in compensatory and punitive damages.
—Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2022
This season will only add to the odium.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2022
By heaping odium on Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, one of several prominent opposition figures, the government gave a divided opposition a leader to unite around.
—Christopher De Bellaigue, The New York Review of Books, 13 Oct. 2022
The Buccaneers were the team willing to absorb the odium of signing Brown in 2020 after a series of incidents that transformed one of the most talented wide receivers in the NFL into someone that most teams thought wasn’t worth the risk because of his behavior.
—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2022
In addition, the odium among the Left is so pernicious and so ubiquitous that the surveyors themselves may pollute the very taking of polls.
—Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 31 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for odium
Noun
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Had all those court cases and public disgraces dampened his hubris?—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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That is why tanking is a disgrace, and for more than the comments from Ishbia and Anderson.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Where he is sited now is unlikely to gain much attention, and even fewer people are likely to come across him, which is a shame.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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After losing the Big 12 championship to Arizona Saturday night (no shame in that, the Wildcats are the 1-seed in the West region), Kelvin Sampson’s Cougars secured the 2-spot in the South and a date with Idaho in Oklahoma City.—
Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Over the last year, two corrective action plans were created for caseload failures, late court reports, undocumented visits, and two judicial contempt findings totaling $1,000, the document said.—
Jane Harper,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Trump has vacillated between indifference and contempt for the USMCA, at times threatening to pull out of the agreement altogether and work instead to negotiate two separate, bilateral deals with Mexico and Canada.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Govan and Zumthor, who until now has never built a building in the US, inspired years of pearl clutching in Los Angeles over the development—one art critic even earned a Pulitzer Prize for his opprobrium.—
Mark Guiducci,
Vanity Fair,
6 Mar. 2026
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Who was merely a social or business connection, and who engaged in conduct that was criminal, or at the very least worthy of opprobrium?—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The arrest was not just a legal shock but a profound personal humiliation.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
14 Mar. 2026
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To further my humiliation, my smartphone-addled brain included the incorrect frequency and URL.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Wizards carried a 10-game losing streak into Saturday and were four days removed from the historic ignominy of allowing 83 points to Miami’s Bam Adebayo.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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Tottenham are drifting, and need to find leaders somewhere, or their season will end in the ignominy of a first relegation in 49 years.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Future problems Paxton’s ability to brush aside opprobrium and obloquy in Texas politics is nearly unrivaled.—
Lauren McGaughy,
Dallas News,
18 Sep. 2023
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That’s a shame, because the airline’s 11 outside directors are arguably the guiltiest of the guilty parties in the company’s recent fiasco, the most deserving of obloquy.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2023
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“Odium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/odium. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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