Odious

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious name, system, vice. "All wickedness will be most odious." Sprat. He rendered himself odious to the Parliament. Clarendon.

2. Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious smell. Milton. The odious side of that polity. Macaulay.

Synonyms: Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome; invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular. O"di*ous`ly. adv. O"di*ous*ness, n.