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Recent Examples of odious However, taking isolated and odious episodes like this and using them as a pretext to impose punitive legislative and regulatory punishments on the rest of the private-investment community is shortsighted and harmful to people’s health. Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 And there can’t be a more odious public servant than one who violates the sacred public trust. Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2025 When the bill hit the floor of the House of Delegates on Saturday, Republicans offered 11 amendments to try to make this travesty a little less odious. Haven Shoemaker, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2025 There’s a saying in Spain that comparisons are odious, and Real Madrid and Barcelona’s are becoming more so every week. Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for odious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for odious
Adjective
  • First came the disgusting pictures of waters so fouled that they were often compared to rotting guacamole.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
  • Republicans seem to try to outdo each other to see who can be the most hateful and disgusting.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • The pair hit an ugly double-spinebuster on the Arabic announce table.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • The wild and ugly scenes saw rioters attack law enforcement with rocks and Molotov cocktails while others burned vehicles and other property.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • What’s more, the Steelers failed to score a first-drive touchdown all season, were awful in the red zone, were awful on first down, and mostly awful in short yardage.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2025
  • Outcomes for what’s referred to as ‘children in care’ remain unacceptably awful.
    Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • To be able to say that so many writers have been meaningful to you is not a horrible thing.
    John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
  • If Flagg develops into the human triple double who leads the team to the Western Conference Finals and NBA Finals in his first six years, the trade can be called not a horrible deal.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • The portal that allows the players to go from school to school is also sickening.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2025
  • The Queens Botanical Garden’s annual Pride event will feature DJ music, after-hours access to the garden and sickening drag performances by Nani Tsunami and Janae SaisQuoi.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • One function of bug poems is to remind us that messier and more hideous relations always obtain.
    Hannah Brooks-Motl June 2, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
  • An alarming situation looked all the more hideous as boos rained down at Dodger Stadium for the club’s fourth straight loss.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • Duncan’s crew includes obnoxious head of security Bobby Atwater (Ed Skrein), Haitian co-pilot LeClerc (Bechir Sylvain) and deckhand Nina (Philippine Velge).
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
  • With the help of the chemical solanine, tomatoes deter obnoxious asparagus beetles, which, can do harm to asparagus plants.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • The ex-data processor for the Boston Transportation Department was previously convicted in Suffolk Superior Court of: rape of a child, assault to rape a child, indecent assault and battery on a child, disseminating obscene material to a minor, and possession of child pornography.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 24 June 2025
  • But the legal standard for what qualifies as obscene is extremely high.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2025

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“Odious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/odious. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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