\O"di*um\, n. [L., fr. odi I hate. Gr. {Annoy},
{Noisome}.]
1. Hatred; dislike; as, his conduct brought him into odium,
   or, brought odium upon him.
2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
         She threw the odium of the fact on me. --Dryden.
{Odium theologicum}[L.], the enmity peculiar to contending
   theologians.
Syn: Hatred; abhorrence; detestation; antipathy.
Usage: {Odium}, {Hatred}. We exercise hatred; we endure
       odium. The former has an active sense, the latter a
       passive one. We speak of having a hatred for a man,
       but not of having an odium toward him. A tyrant incurs
       odium. The odium of an offense may sometimes fall
       unjustly upon one who is innocent.
             I wish I had a cause to seek him there, To
             oppose his hatred fully.          --Shak.
             You have . . . dexterously thrown some of the
             odium of your polity upon that middle class
             which you despise.                --Beaconsfield.