odium

noun

ˈō-dē-əm How to pronounce odium (audio)
Definition of odiumnext
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. — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 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 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
  1. disgrace
  2. shame
  3. contempt
  4. opprobrium
  5. humiliation
  6. ignominy
  7. obloquy
Noun
  • The man who’d held the presidency before Gerald Ford had resigned in disgrace two years earlier.
    — Lynn Schmidt, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • Well, its’ interesting because for many years the Republican Party revered Reagan much more than Nixon, partly because Reagan was a successful president and Nixon, of course, ended his presidency in disgrace.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 June 2026
Definition of disgrace
Noun
  • Old Hyde Park neighborhood Nadja Karpilow, president of the Old Hyde Park Historic District neighborhood association, called the situation a shame.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • The rage, resentment, guilt, shame, disappointment, endurance of it all.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Definition of shame
Noun
  • Children’s Hospital Colorado faces a hearing for contempt of court after its doctors didn’t resume gender-affirming care.
    — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 July 2026
  • The contempt finding stems from long-running civil litigation arising from the 2019 boat crash that killed Mallory Beach.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of contempt
Noun
  • But Khalil’s killing elicited widespread opprobrium.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian also drew opprobrium last month after apologizing to Arab neighbors and declaring there would be no more attacks against them.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of opprobrium
Noun
  • Ultimately, Iran freed the hostages on January 20, 1981, just minutes after Reagan had taken the oath of office, in what is widely seen as a final humiliation of Carter by the Iranians.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026
  • Despite the humiliation of Platner’s collapse, which came with plenty of warning signs that his backers looked beyond, that remains the case.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of humiliation
Noun
  • Irina and Raskova will enjoy a long, successful professional collaboration, purging Star City of traitors and threats and bringing down Petrovsky in a plot that leads to his ending his life in ignominy, having confessed to crimes against the state.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026
  • No rider, though, suffered the ignominy of being eliminated by missing the time cut on the opening day.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of ignominy
Noun
  • Future problems Paxton’s ability to brush aside opprobrium and obloquy in Texas politics is nearly unrivaled.
    — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • 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
Definition of obloquy

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“Odium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/odium. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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