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odious

/ˈoʊ.di.əs/ adjective C2
  1. Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure. · Scrubbing the toilets in the bar at the end of a Saturday night is an odious task.
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It was an odious face—crafty, vicious, malignant, with shifty, light-grey eyes and white lashes.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 62 · C1
How odious I should think them!”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 51 · B2
Pray do not talk of that odious man.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 67 · B2
The sight of Miss Lucas was odious to her.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 152 · B2

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