About The Word Opprobrious
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Opprobrious
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What's The Definition Of Opprobrious?
[adj] (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"
[adj] expressing offensive reproach Synonyms | Synonyms for Opprobrious: abusive | black | disgraceful | dishonorable | dishonourable | ignominious | inglorious | insulting | offensive | scornful | scurrilous | shameful Related Terms | Find terms related to Opprobrious: See Also | Opprobrious In Webster's Dictionary \Op*pro"bri*ous\, a. [L. opprobriosus, fr.
opprobrium. See {Opprobrium}.]
1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful;
scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less
opprobrious than those by which they are attacked.
--Addison.
2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious
name.
This dark, opprobrious den of shame. --Milton.
-- {Op*pro"bri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Op*pro"bri*ous*ness}, n.
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