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odiousness
(encz) | odiousness,ohavnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
odiousness
(encz) | odiousness,protivnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Odiousness
(gcide) | Odious \O"di*ous\, a. [L. odiosus, from odium hatred: cf. F.
odieux. See Odium.]
1. Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious
name, system, vice. "All wickedness will be most odious."
--Sprat.
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He rendered himself odious to the Parliament.
--Clarendon.
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2. Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust;
offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight;
an odious smell. --Milton.
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The odious side of that polity. --Macaulay.
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Syn: Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome;
invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular.
[1913 Webster] -- O"di*ous`ly. adv. --
O"di*ous*ness, n.
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odiousness
(wn) | odiousness
n 1: the quality of being offensive [syn: offensiveness,
odiousness, distastefulness] |
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commodiousness
(encz) | commodiousness,prostornost n: Zdeněk Brož |
incommodiousness
(encz) | incommodiousness, n: |
melodiousness
(encz) | melodiousness,melodičnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Commodiousness
(gcide) | Commodiousness \Com*mo"di*ous*ness\, n.
State of being commodious; suitableness for its purpose;
convenience; roominess.
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Of cities, the greatness and riches increase according
to the commodiousness of their situation. --Sir W.
Temple.
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The commodiousness of the harbor. --Johnson.
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Discommodiousness
(gcide) | Discommodious \Dis`com*mo"di*ous\, a.
Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious. [R.] --Spenser. --
Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ness, n.
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Incommodiousness
(gcide) | Incommodious \In`com*mo"di*ous\, a. [Pref. in- not + commodious:
cf. LL. incommodious, L. incommodus, F. incommode.]
Tending to incommode; not commodious; not affording ease or
advantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient;
annoying; as, an incommodious seat; an incommodious
arrangement. -- In`com*mo"di*ous*ly, adv. --
In`com*mo"di*ous*ness, n.
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Melodiousness
(gcide) | Melodious \Me*lo"di*ous\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]lodieux. See
Melody.]
Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the
ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice.
"A melodious voice." "A melodious undertone." --Longfellow.
-- Me*lo"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Me*lo"di*ous*ness, n.
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Odiousness
(gcide) | Odious \O"di*ous\, a. [L. odiosus, from odium hatred: cf. F.
odieux. See Odium.]
1. Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious
name, system, vice. "All wickedness will be most odious."
--Sprat.
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He rendered himself odious to the Parliament.
--Clarendon.
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2. Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust;
offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight;
an odious smell. --Milton.
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The odious side of that polity. --Macaulay.
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Syn: Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome;
invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular.
[1913 Webster] -- O"di*ous`ly. adv. --
O"di*ous*ness, n.
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commodiousness
(wn) | commodiousness
n 1: spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a
building); "the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the
child"; "roominess in this size car is always a
compromise"; "his new office lacked the spaciousness that
he had become accustomed to" [syn: capaciousness,
roominess, spaciousness, commodiousness] |
incommodiousness
(wn) | incommodiousness
n 1: an inconvenient discomfort [syn: inconvenience,
incommodiousness] |
melodiousness
(wn) | melodiousness
n 1: the property of having a melody [syn: melodiousness,
tunefulness] |
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