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.

Syn. -- Hatred; abhorrence; detestation; antipathy. -- 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.

You have . . . dexterously thrown some of the odium of your polity upon that middle class which you despise.

• Hatred; dislike; as, his conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.
  
• The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
  
  Latin
• a hated thing
  
• hatred