adjective
- deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
- highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting.
adjective
- offensive; repugnant
adj.late 14c., from Anglo-French odious, from Old French odieus (late 14c., Modern French odieux) or directly from Latin odiosus “hateful, offensive, unpleasant,” from odium “hatred” (see odium).