Definitions for opprobriuməˈproʊ bri əm
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
op•pro•bri•uməˈproʊ bri əm(n.)
the disgrace or reproach incurred by shameful conduct.
the cause of such disgrace or reproach.
reproach; scorn.
Origin of opprobrium:
1650–60; < L: reproach
Princeton's WordNet
obloquy, opprobrium(noun)
state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
infamy, opprobrium(noun)
a state of extreme dishonor
"a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city"
Wiktionary
opprobrium(Noun)
Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
opprobrium(Noun)
Scornful reproach or contempt
Don't give him a term of opprobrium.
opprobrium(Noun)
A cause of shame or disgrace.
Origin: First attested 1656, from opprobrium, from opprobro, from ob + probrum.
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