odious

Etymology

From Middle English odious, from Old French odieus, from Latin odiōsus, from odium (“hate”).

adj

1. Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
   Scrubbing the toilets in the bar at the end of a Saturday night is an odious task.
   I own no crime, unless it be a crime to've hindered you from perpetrating that which would have made you odious to mankind, at least the fairest half. 1750, “Theodora”, Thomas Morell (lyrics), George Frideric Handel (music)
   He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake. 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 6, in Frankenstein, archived from the original on 2013-05-08