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  • 81o´di|ous|ness — o|di|ous «OH dee uhs», adjective. very displeasing; hateful; offensive: »an odious smell. You told a lie, an odious damned lie (Shakespeare). The unhappy woman…whose image became more odious to him every day (George Eliot). SYNONYM(S): detestable …

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  • 82o´di|ous|ly — o|di|ous «OH dee uhs», adjective. very displeasing; hateful; offensive: »an odious smell. You told a lie, an odious damned lie (Shakespeare). The unhappy woman…whose image became more odious to him every day (George Eliot). SYNONYM(S): detestable …

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  • 83o|di|ous — «OH dee uhs», adjective. very displeasing; hateful; offensive: »an odious smell. You told a lie, an odious damned lie (Shakespeare). The unhappy woman…whose image became more odious to him every day (George Eliot). SYNONYM(S): detestable,… …

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  • 84Detestable — De*test a*ble, a. [L. detestabilis: cf. F. d[ e]testable.] Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices. [1913 Webster] Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable… …

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  • 85Hateful — Hate ful ( f[.u]l), a. 1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. [Archaic or R.] [1913 Webster] And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes His rival s conquest. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Exciting or deserving great dislike,… …

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  • 86Hatefully — Hateful Hate ful ( f[.u]l), a. 1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. [Archaic or R.] [1913 Webster] And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes His rival s conquest. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Exciting or deserving great… …

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  • 87Hatefulness — Hateful Hate ful ( f[.u]l), a. 1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. [Archaic or R.] [1913 Webster] And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes His rival s conquest. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Exciting or deserving great… …

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  • 88Infamous — In fa*mous, a. [Pref. in not + famous: cf. L. infamis. See {Infamy}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; …

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  • 89Loath — (l[=o]th), a. [OE. looth, loth, AS. l[=a][eth] hostile, odious; akin to OS. l[=a][eth], G. leid, Icel. lei[eth]r, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. l[=i]dan to suffer, go, cf. AS. l[=i][eth]an to go, Goth. leipan, and E. lead to guide.] 1.… …

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  • 90Eiffel Tower — Infobox Skyscraper caption=The Eiffel Tower as seen from the Champ de Mars building name=Eiffel Tower location=Paris, France roof=convert|300.65|m|ft|0 antenna spire=convert|324|m|ft|0 built=1887 – 1889 engineer=Gustave Eiffel architect=Gustave… …

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