odiously

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for odiously
Adverb
  • The clean tech sector's frenzied growth during Biden-era policy has slowed but, to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of its demise are grossly exaggerated.
    Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In 2008, a slight majority of state voters were persuaded by Schwarzenegger’s hard sell and a grossly dishonest official ballot argument to provide just under $10 billion in bond seed money for a $43 billion statewide bullet-train system that they were told would be complete by 2020.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The only good thing is that the Dodgers have been failing miserably and somehow the Pads remain in contention.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Video footage from the day shows Beau, 4, pacing the hallway and sitting miserably after his little brother said goodbye to him before going to school.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • The social media giant was also accused of insufficiently managing third-party access to and use of user data.
    Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Despite his firebrand style, Kirk was frequently attacked by figures on the far edges of the right for being insufficiently radical.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Would any self-respecting show really risk insulting the viewer’s intelligence so flagrantly?
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Truth Teller reporters repeatedly go undercover to nail down relatively trivial scoops, appearing, in the process, to flagrantly violate the Society of Professional Journalists’ ethical guidelines.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Apple is late to the party on implementing WebGL, but not egregiously so.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In North Carolina, as in other Southern states, newspapers in the Jim Crow era often egregiously exaggerated stories about Black criminality.
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Odiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/odiously. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!