O'DIOUS, adjective [Latin odiosus, from odi, I hated, Eng. hate.] 1. Hateful; deserving hatred. It expresses something less than detestable and abominable; as an odious name; odious vice. All wickedness is odious 2. Offensive to the senses; disgusting; as an odious sight; an odious smell. 3. Causing hate; invidious; as, to utter odious truth. 4. Exposed to hatred. He rendered himself odious to the parliament.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI