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Repulsive quality
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odiousness
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being offensive [syn: offensiveness , distastefulness ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Odious \O"di*ous\, a. [L. odiosus, from odium hatred: cf. F. odieux. See Odium .] Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious name, system, vice. ``All wickedness will be most odious.'' --Sprat. He rendered himself odious to the Parliament. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The condition of being odious 2 (context countable English) An odious thing
Usage examples of odiousness.
There are unquestionably thousands of married women whose experience is made a living martyrdom by the infidelity, the tyranny, the coarseness, the general odiousness and wearisomeness of their husbands.
But on the odiousness of employing the wild Indians against a Christian people, the views of the whole of the opposition orators coincided.