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Opprobrious

Opprobrious Meaning & Definition
Opprobrious Definition And Meaning

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

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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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