Which preposition to use with odious

to Occurrences 93%

No, dissemble that Fault, I beseech you, 'twill make you odious to her and all the world, when 'tis needless, 'tis natural for Women to hate what they fear.

in Occurrences 32%

And may I some day find thee in a rival's arms at rest, And he by all thy arts of love be tenderly caressed; Unless the Moor whose slander made me odious in thy eyes In caitiff fraud and treachery abuse thine ear with lies.

than Occurrences 14%

Taken as a whole, the wars fought in the nineteenth century, wars of nationality, of independence, of unity, even colonial wars, were of a character far less odious than that of the great conflict which has devastated Europe and upset the economic conditions of the world.

as Occurrences 8%

It seemed to her sometimes that there could be no crime in the world which would appear to her so odious as this.

of Occurrences 7%

Moreover, a toothless satire is verse without poetry- -the most odious of all respectable things.

by Occurrences 7%

The first care of the liberated nation was to demolish the various citadels rendered celebrated and odious by the excesses of the Spaniards.

through Occurrences 4%

Thus slavery grows more and more odious through the world; and, as an honorable gentleman said some days ago, "Though we cannot say that slavery is struck with an apoplexy, yet we may hope it will die with a consumption."

on Occurrences 4%

It must be affirmed, besides, that slavery is peculiarly odious on that soil where the equality of mankind has been inscribed with so much eclat at the head of a celebrated constitution.

beyond Occurrences 3%

This man, who is much the subject of conversation at present, was Public Accuser to the Revolutionary Tribunalan office which, at best, in this instance, only served to give an air of regularity to assassination: but, by a sort of genius in turpitude, he contrived to render it odious beyond its original perversion, in giving to the most elaborate and revolting cruelties a turn of spontaneous pleasantry, or legal procedure.

from Occurrences 2%

The Britons, impelled by these violent extremities, and roused to indignation against their treacherous auxiliaries, were necessitated to take arms; and having deposed Vortigern, who had become odious from his vices, and from the bad event of his rash counsels, they put themselves under the command of his son, Vortimer.

for Occurrences 2%

The preacher made himself especially odious for his rebuke for the violation of the Sabbath.

about Occurrences 1%

What is there odious about him?

before Occurrences 1%

He thought stealing or lying odious before the Lord and men.

throughout Occurrences 1%

[By kind permission of Mr. Lloyd George and Messrs. Methuen & Co., Ltd.] WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM MARCH 8, 1738 THE CONVENTION WITH SPAIN You have been moved to vote an humble address of thanks to His Majesty, for a measure which (I will appeal to gentlemen's conversation in the world) is odious throughout the kingdom.

among Occurrences 1%

We made our name odious among them.

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