Definition
In disagreement; conflicting.
Origins
From at + odds (“(obsolete) dissimilarity; inequality”).
In Context
- "The witness’s statement seems to be at odds with the evidence—not a good sign for the prosecutor."
- "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, […]"
- "[I] began to be at odds vvith myſelf vvhether to be glad or ſorry; […]"
- "In 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; […]"
- "At Pleasant Valley sheepmen and cattlemen were at odds over the grazing. Sooner or later they would clash."
- "Evidence 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."
- "In 2017, after five years of YouTube obscurity, he had his first viral hit, a video which now seems, weirdly, both completely at odds with the thrust of his subsequent career, and to contain many of its core themes. It’s called I Counted to 100,000!, and it’s exactly that: a livestreamed ordeal, lasting about 40 hours, in which the young Donaldson sits in his gaming chair, stares into his crappy webcam, and counts from 1 to 100,000."
Also Said As
- at loggerheads
- at sixes and sevens
- at variance