an invidious task

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• invidious — adjective Etymology: Latin invidiosus envious, invidious, from invidia envy more at envy Date: 1606 1. tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy < the invidious task of arbitration > 2. envious 3. a. of an unpleasant or objectionable nature …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• invidious — adj. (of an action, conduct, attitude, etc.) likely to excite resentment or indignation against the person responsible, esp. by real or seeming injustice (an invidious position; an invidious task). Derivatives: invidiously adv. invidiousness n.… …   Useful english dictionary

• invidious — adjective unpleasant, especially because it is likely to offend people or make you unpopular: an invidious task invidiously adverb invidiousness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• invidious — [[t]ɪnvɪ̱diəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe a task or job as invidious, you mean that it is unpleasant because it is likely to make you unpopular. How did you manage to get yourself into this invidious position of having to reprimand others… …   English dictionary

• repugnant — 1 Repugnant, repellent, abhorrent, distasteful, obnoxious, invidious are comparable when they mean so alien or unlikable as to arouse antagonism and aversion. Repugnant is applied to something so incompatible with one s ideas, principles, or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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