2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Odium  \O"di*um\,  n.  [L.,  fr  odi  I  hate.  Gr  {Annoy}, 
  {Noisome}.] 
  1.  Hatred;  dislike;  as  his  conduct  brought  him  into  odium, 
  or  brought  odium  upon  him 
 
  2.  The  quality  that  provokes  hatred;  offensiveness. 
 
  She  threw  the  odium  of  the  fact  on  me  --Dryden. 
 
  {Odium  theologicum}[L.],  the  enmity  peculiar  to  contending 
  theologians. 
 
  Syn:  Hatred;  abhorrence;  detestation;  antipathy. 
 
  Usage:  {Odium},  {Hatred}.  We  exercise  hatred;  we  endure 
  odium.  The  former  has  an  active  sense  the  latter  a 
  passive  one  We  speak  of  having  a  hatred  for  a  man, 
  but  not  of  having  an  odium  toward  him  A  tyrant  incurs 
  odium.  The  odium  of  an  offense  may  sometimes  fall 
  unjustly  upon  one  who  is  innocent. 
 
  I  wish  I  had  a  cause  to  seek  him  there  To 
  oppose  his  hatred  fully.  --Shak. 
 
  You  have  .  .  .  dexterously  thrown  some  of  the 
  odium  of  your  polity  upon  that  middle  class 
  which  you  despise.  --Beaconsfield. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  odium 
  n  :  hate  coupled  with  disgust  [syn:  {abhorrence},  {abomination}, 
  {detestation},  {execration},  {loathing}] 

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