Citations:odious


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Secondly, Thou must abhor his labouring to render the cross odious unto thee; for thou art to prefer it "before the treasures in Egypt." [Heb.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * "It should be Christmas Day, I am sure," said she, "on which one drinks the health of such an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr. Scrooge. You know he is, Robert! Nobody knows it better than you do, poor fellow!"