odious
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I’m personally not thrilled about having to share the title of “Most Famously Odious Person From Calgary,” but if he wins the election, I guess we can take turns wearing the tiara.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025
In the paper, titled “‘As Odious and Immoral a Thing’: Alexander Hamilton’s Hidden History as an Enslaver,” Jessie Serfilippi, a historical interpreter at the mansion, examines letters, account books and other documents.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2020
"Odious special prisons in Guantanamo and Bagram are still functioning, despite promises to shut them down," the statement said.
From Reuters • Apr. 11, 2011
Odious debt is a legal term usually applied to the endowments of dictators in the developing world.
From The Guardian • Nov. 22, 2010
Odious, ō′di-us, adj. hateful: offensive: repulsive: causing hatred.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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