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odi·um (ō′dē əm)

noun

1. hatred, esp. of a person or thing regarded as loathsome
2. the state or fact of being hated
the disgrace brought on by hateful action; opprobrium

Etymology: L, hatred, ill will < odi, I hate < IE base *od-, hatred > Gr odyssasthai, to be angry, ON atall, frightful

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Converse of object

incur: The odium incurred by all opponents of the bill fastened especially on Wellington.
throw: This worthy man, pleased at being able to throw the odium of a refusal on me, left me perfectly satisfied.
avoid: For they say that all the others, in order to avoid odium, have expressly held their tongues.
attract: Independent schools are often perceived as being better than they really are, while the state sector sometimes attracts more odium than it deserves.

Adjective modifier

public: Furthermore, SNH have brought upon themselves the public odium of having to mount a campaign to exterminate 5000 hedgehogs.
much: He has often been proved right, despite incurring much odium along the way, and I much admire him for that.
great: The expenditures on EU structural funds and agricultural subsidies have rightly attracted the greatest odium here in Britain.

Modifies a noun

fidei: They would also claim that his assassination lacks the traditional criterion for true martyrdom -- odium fidei -- hatred of the Faith.

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Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium.

—Bentley, Edmund Clerihew

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