as in disgrace
the state of having lost the esteem of others
time did nothing to diminish the odium in which the traitor lived out his days
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Recent Examples of odium
Pashinyan had led the movement to oust Moscow’s influence in Armenia; he was now saddled with the odium of losing Karabakh on his watch.
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Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
By making such statements with actual malice to the public and also through social media, each of the defendants knew or should have known that their comments would be widely disseminated, exposing Judge Moore to disgrace, ridicule, odium and contempt resulting in compensatory and punitive damages.
—Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 29 Nov. 2022
This season will only add to the odium.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2022
The Buccaneers were the team willing to absorb the odium of signing Brown in 2020 after a series of incidents that transformed one of the most talented wide receivers in the NFL into someone that most teams thought wasn’t worth the risk because of his behavior.
—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2022
By heaping odium on Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, one of several prominent opposition figures, the government gave a divided opposition a leader to unite around.
—Christopher De Bellaigue, The New York Review of Books, 13 Oct. 2022
In addition, the odium among the Left is so pernicious and so ubiquitous that the surveyors themselves may pollute the very taking of polls.
—Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 31 Dec. 2019
Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
By making such statements with actual malice to the public and also through social media, each of the defendants knew or should have known that their comments would be widely disseminated, exposing Judge Moore to disgrace, ridicule, odium and contempt resulting in compensatory and punitive damages.
—Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 29 Nov. 2022
This season will only add to the odium.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2022
The Buccaneers were the team willing to absorb the odium of signing Brown in 2020 after a series of incidents that transformed one of the most talented wide receivers in the NFL into someone that most teams thought wasn’t worth the risk because of his behavior.
—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2022
By heaping odium on Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, one of several prominent opposition figures, the government gave a divided opposition a leader to unite around.
—Christopher De Bellaigue, The New York Review of Books, 13 Oct. 2022
In addition, the odium among the Left is so pernicious and so ubiquitous that the surveyors themselves may pollute the very taking of polls.
—Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 31 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for odium
Noun
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And this statement is a disgrace to the DOJ and the rule of law.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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Multiple clubs were sold in the aftermath, while a long list of coaches and general managers were dismissed or stepped down in disgrace.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The production has a lot of recorded sound and this has its issues; some of the language therein is inaudible, which is a shame, albeit something easily corrected.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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No American travels abroad without blushing for shame for his country on this subject.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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With contempt and termination by an unelected billionaire who never served in a uniform in his life.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2025
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People were simply happy to see each other again, having gone through the final season boycott and reverse boycott together and unified in their disdain for A’s owner John Fisher but with no contempt for the players and coaches who had no choice but to follow their job out of town.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The filmmaker rarely does press but his speech on Oscar night garnered plenty of column inches and drew opprobrium from more than 1,000 Jewish show business professionals who signed a letter denouncing it.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2025
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The reaction from some prominent Trump supporters on social media to the document release, particularly the lack of new information, was swift and damning, with lots of criticism for the right-wing influencers involved — but much of the opprobrium reserved for Bondi.—
Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Now, Saturday, UM is relegated to the ignominy of the Pop-Tarts Bowl.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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The hope was that the trio could usher in a new phase for the reality universe, to move forward after the ignominy of its creator’s sudden exit.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Future problems Paxton’s ability to brush aside opprobrium and obloquy in Texas politics is nearly unrivaled.—
Lauren McGaughy,
Dallas News,
18 Sep. 2023
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That’s a shame, because the airline’s 11 outside directors are arguably the guiltiest of the guilty parties in the company’s recent fiasco, the most deserving of obloquy.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2023
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“Odium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/odium. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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