Meanings
- idiomaticIn disagreement; conflicting.
The witness’s statement seems to be at odds with the evidence—not a good sign for the prosecutor.
5 more examples
By day and night he vvrongs me, / Euery houre he flaſhes into one groſſe crime or other / That ſets vs all at ods, ile not indure it, […]
c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii][I] began to be at odds vvith myſelf vvhether to be glad or ſorry; […]
1722 (indicated as 1721), [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. […], London: […] W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […]; and T. Edling, […], published 1722, →OCLC, page 186In the passage they encountered Mr. Mould the undertaker: a little elderly gentleman, bald, and in a suit of black; with a note-book in his hand, a massive gold watch-chain dangling from his fob, and a face in which a queer attempt at melancholy was at odds with a smirk of satisfaction; […]
1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, “The Reader is Brought into Communication with Some Professional Persons, and Sheds a Tear over the Filial Piety of Good Mr. Jonas”, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC, page 237At Pleasant Valley sheepmen and cattlemen were at odds over the grazing. Sooner or later they would clash.
1940, Zane Grey, chapter 1, in 30,000 on the Hoof, Roslyn, N.Y.: Walter J. Black, →OCLC, page 5Evidence now proves that the Primus and the Archon are at odds. Investigations show that the Primus disapproves of the Archon's single-minded interest in Remnant technology, believing it to be a distraction from the kett's attempts to conquer Heleus.
2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City, Calif.: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kett: Primus Codex entrySynonyms: at loggerheads, at sixes and sevens, at variance
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseIn disagreement; conflicting.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivein disagreement
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From at + odds (“(obsolete) dissimilarity; inequality”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 不和, 不相稱 /不相称
- 不和 (bùhé)in disagreement — see also conflicting
- 不相稱 /不相称 (bù xiāngchèn)in disagreement — see also conflicting
- 不一致 (bù yīzhì)in disagreement — see also conflicting
- 大相逕庭 /大相迳庭 (dàxiāngjìngtíng)in disagreement — see also conflicting
Finnish ristiriidassa
- ristiriidassain disagreement — see also conflicting
French en conflit
- en conflitin disagreement — see also conflicting
Hungarian ellentmond, eltér
- ellentmondin disagreement — see also conflicting
- eltérin disagreement — see also conflicting
- hadilábon állin disagreement — see also conflicting
Italian in conflitto, in contrasto
- in conflittoin disagreement — see also conflicting
- in contrastoin disagreement — see also conflicting
- in disaccordoin disagreement — see also conflicting
Polish na bakier, w konflikcie
- na bakierin disagreement — see also conflicting
- w konflikciein disagreement — see also conflicting
- w niezgodziein disagreement — see also conflicting
- w sprzecznościin disagreement — see also conflicting
Spanish en conflicto, en desacuerdo
- en conflictoin disagreement — see also conflicting
- en desacuerdoin disagreement — see also conflicting
Swedish i strid
- i stridin disagreement — see also conflicting
Welsh anghytûn
- anghytûnin disagreement — see also conflicting
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with at odds
All rhymes →Cite this entry
at odds. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20odds
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