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# odious

adjective

«odious» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Odious means very unpleasant, hateful, so that people cannot bear it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odious/#m1)
2. Odious describes a person who is spiteful and unkind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odious/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories an odious character is a cruel or spiteful person, such as a jealous stepmother or stepsister; the reader is meant to dislike them

### Examples

- The odious stepsisters laughed at Cinderella. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odious/#x1)
- His rude remarks were odious. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odious/#x2)
- The queen's odious plan hurt many people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odious/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in stories an odious character is a cruel or spiteful person, such as a jealous stepmother or stepsister; the reader is meant to dislike them

### Examples

- For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress. (Writings PRO.30.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/odious/#x1)
- And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also had made himself odious with the Philistines. (Prophets 1SA.13.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/odious/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «odious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«odious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/odious.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «odious» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/odious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«odious» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/odious.html) on Mova free.