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Inhuman vs Odious - What's the difference?

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Inhuman is a related term of odious.


As adjectives the difference between inhuman and odious

is that inhuman is of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings while odious is arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.

inhuman

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

    • Antonyms

    * humane

    odious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
    • Scrubbing the toilet is an odious task.
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    • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=6 citation , passage=He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.}}

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "odious" is often applied: debt, man, character, crime, task, comparison, woman, person, vice, word, act.

    Synonyms

    * detestable, hated, reviled, unsavory, contemptible, despicable

    Anagrams

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