ODIOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of being offensive

Synonyms:

distastefulness; odiousness; offensiveness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("odiousness" is a kind of...):

unpleasantness (the quality of giving displeasure)

Attribute:

offensive (unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses)

inoffensive (giving no offense)

offensive (causing anger or annoyance)

inoffensive; unoffending (not causing anger or annoyance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "odiousness"):

blatancy (the property of being both obvious and offensive)

loathsomeness; lousiness; repulsiveness; sliminess; vileness; wickedness (the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions)

Derivation:

odious (unequivocally detestable)