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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The ladies move closer to God through acts of disobedience, debauchery, and disgrace; by visiting seedy places and commingling with the disreputable.—
Nicole Flattery,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Ireland didn’t disgrace themselves, but using four bowlers in the first four overs said everything about where their problems were in the first-ever T20 game hosted against their nearest neighbor.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And on the top right are the inhibitory emotions — emotions like anxiety, shame and guilt; their job is to push down our core emotions, which are at the bottom of the triangle.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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Being intimate with Olivia helped my shame dissipate.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Trump’s contempt for legal norms and Guantánamo’s legacy of ambiguous legality are thus a fitting match, however disturbing that compatibility may be.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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Franklin and Valley have appealed that contempt of court ruling to the Arkansas Supreme Court.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The opprobrium would be too loud.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
7 Sep. 2025
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Proliferators, including democracies, may be willing to accept the eventual international opprobrium that comes with violating or withdrawing from nonproliferation accords in the name of national security.—
VIPIN NARANG,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The American team was in danger of complete humiliation, but on Sunday the US golfers managed to recover and almost pulled off what would have been arguably the greatest comeback in sports.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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Podcast host Sinek jokingly asked if that was the price of humiliation.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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By their lofty standards, Madrid endured a dismal European campaign last term, suffering the ignominy of having to go through the play-offs to qualify for the Round of 16 before being trounced 5-1 on aggregate by Arsenal in the quarter-finals.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Sometime this week – or next week, at the latest – Riley Greene will end the latest era of ignominy for the Detroit Tigers.—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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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 2 Oct. 2025.
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