📖 Definitions of "Invidious"
adjective
- 1
Causing ill will, envy, or offense.
- 2
(of a distinction) Offensively or unfairly discriminating.
- 3
Envious, jealous.
- 4
Detestable, hateful, odious.
🔄 Synonyms of "Invidious"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| unfavorable | US standard spelling of unfavourable. [Serving to hinder or oppose; adverse, disadvantageous, inconducive, unsuitable.] |
| discriminatory | Showing prejudice or bias. |
| unfavourablenoun | Serving to hinder or oppose; adverse, disadvantageous, inconducive, unsuitable. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Invidious"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| unfavourable | Serving to hinder or oppose; adverse, disadvantageous, inconducive, unsuitable. |
| unfavorable | US standard spelling of unfavourable. [Serving to hinder or oppose; adverse, disadvantageous, inconducive, unsuitable.] |
| discriminatory | Showing prejudice or bias. |
| hateful | Full of hatred. |
| odious | Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure. |
| abhorrent | Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing. |
| despicable | Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean. |
| heinous | Bad, evil or villainous. |
| loathsome | Highly offensive; abominable, sickening. |
| horrendous | Extremely bad; awful; terrible. |
| vile | Morally low; base; despicable. |
| obnoxious | Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious. |
| hideous | Extremely or shockingly ugly. |
| ugly | Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. |
| vicious | Violent, destructive and cruel. |
| insufferable | Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable. |
| unjust | Not fair, just or right. |
| unfair | Not fair. |
| thankless | (of a person) ungrateful or unappreciative |
| inequitable | unfair, unequal or unjust. |
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🎨 Adjectives for "Invidious"
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🏷️ Nouns for "Invidious"
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