ŏ'di-ous, a.

a. [Lat. odiosus, from odium, hatred, from odi, odisse, to hate; Fr. odieux, Pr. odioz, Sp. & It. odioso.] 1. Hateful; deserving hatred; as, an odious name; odious vice. All wickedness is odious. Sprat.

2. Offensive; disagreeable; disgusting; as, an odious sight; an odious smell.
3. Causing hate; invidious; as, to utter odious truth.
4. Exposed to hatred; hated.

He rendered himself odious to the Parliament. Clarendon. Syn.—Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome; invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular.