ภาษาอังกฤษวันละคำ : odious (OH di us)

The adjective odious means extremely unpleasant or causing and deserving hate. ...

• A few well written letters and a clever marketing strategy has lured some odious criminals into his control without having to work at it.

• It was offensive to democratic people last year when the People's Alliance for Democracy prevented travel by government officials they did not like, and it is equally odious when the same tactics are tried by the red shirts of Rak Chiang Mai 51.

• For a few moments there in Beijing, it looked like Thailand was going to squander more goodwill on another unpopular campaign on behalf of the odious Burmese dictatorship.

• Too often, criminals and odious individuals operate in Thailand because of a lack of cooperation and, especially, communications. ...

(From Bangkok Post)