odious as a toad
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Meaning · English
Very odious; hateful.
Register: archaic
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
And we have already rendred our irreconcileable Enemy the Duke of Buckingham as odious as a Toad.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “odious as a toad” mean?
Very odious; hateful.
Is “odious as a toad” formal or informal?
odious as a toad is generally archaic.