What does odious mean?

odious means "unequivocally detestable".

How many syllables are in odious?

odious has 3 syllables: o-di-ous. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊdiəs/.

What is another word for odious?

Close synonyms include abominable, detestable, execrable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is odious a common word?

odious is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

odious — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
unequivocally detestable
“abominable treatment of prisoners”
“detestable vices”
“execrable crimes”
“consequences odious to those you govern”
Synonymsabominable detestable execrable
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