Grammatical class

Adjective

odieux

obnoxious (very annoying)

Details

Syllables

o-dieux

Phonetics

o.djø

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

5376

Freq. (movies)

5467

Freq. (news)

12417

Sentences

Tu es odieux.

You're obnoxious.

A1

Ne parle point de cet homme odieux.

Pray do not talk of that odious man.

A1

Tom était ivre et odieux à la soirée et a provoqué une bagarre.

Tom was drunk and obnoxious at the party and started a brawl.

A1

Tout meurtre est horrible, mais celui-ci fut particulièrement odieux.

Any murder is gruesome but this one was especially heinous.

A1

Le meurtre est un crime odieux.

Murder is a wicked crime.

A2

Ce meurtre est absolument odieux.

This murder is absolutely abhorrent.

B1

Nous trouvons tous son comportement odieux.

We all find her behaviour abhorrent.

B1

Je ne comprends pas pourquoi ces gens sont si odieux les uns envers les autres.

I don't understand why those people are so obnoxious to each other.

B1

Dans l'ensemble, c'est un groupe assez sympathique, mais il y a quelques individus odieux parmi eux.

In the aggregate, they're a nice enough group, but there are some obnoxious individuals among them.

B1

Ces actes odieux ne resteront pas impunis.

These dastardly acts will not go unpunished.

B2