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 | Pgattis@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2022
This season will only add to the odium.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 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
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
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 | Pgattis@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2022
This season will only add to the odium.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 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
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
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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Instead, Coronado returned to Mexico City in disgrace, the last of the great Spanish explorers.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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Had all those court cases and public disgraces dampened his hubris?—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Relieved of their blindfolds, the men now wore heavy rucksacks filled with colored rocks representing their anger (red), guilt and shame (black), and sadness (blue).—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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No matter, this is his first real walk of shame, and the grin on his face is worth a million bucks.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Nastasa has been arrested 38 times in New York City, with charges including robbery, criminal possession of a weapon, grand larceny, threat by phone and criminal contempt.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Hegseth exudes contempt for the rules of war, international law and simple humanity.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The policies pursued by the Islamic Republic in the 1990s—the death fatwa against Salman Rushdie and attempts to kill his associates, the terror bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina—gained it nothing but opprobrium.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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Govan and Zumthor, who until now has never built a building in the US, inspired years of pearl clutching in Los Angeles over the development—one art critic even earned a Pulitzer Prize for his opprobrium.—
Mark Guiducci,
Vanity Fair,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That power was built up over centuries partly to compensate for the humiliation, subjugation, and grievous bondage of Russia’s history, real and imagined.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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Then came some chants calling for Mosley to be fired as the game slipped into humiliation territory.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Covered for the ignominy of his historically woeful four-for-51 hitting performance.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Wizards carried a 10-game losing streak into Saturday and were four days removed from the historic ignominy of allowing 83 points to Miami’s Bam Adebayo.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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 5 Apr. 2026.
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