| He hates to appear big-headed, but he knows that false modesty is equally odious. |
| Alas there is no reason why the most odious, contemptible people might not be able to make the sweetest, most wonderful creations. |
| As tragic events unfolded in Europe, Luce ran his thriving magazine empire with an odious tilt. |
| They stepped through the low front door and found that inside the house was as vile, odious and squalid as its owner. |
| This conviction frequently prompts its spokespersons to make irritating declarations that border on megalomania, the odious or the comical. |
| He vanished into the wilderness in 1848, and shortly afterwards disappeared again beneath a pile of odious slanders. |
