What does opprobrious mean?
Definitions for opprobrious
əˈproʊ bri əsop·pro·bri·ous
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Princeton's WordNet
abusive, opprobrious, scurrilousadjective
expressing offensive reproach
black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shamefuladjective
(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"
Wiktionary
opprobriousadjective
Of or relating to opprobrium.
opprobriousadjective
Tending to cause opprobrium.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
OPPROBRIOUSadjective
Reproachful; disgraceful; causing infamy; scurrilous.
Etymology: from opprobrium, Lat.
Himself pronounceth them blessed, that should for his name sake be subject to all kinds of ignominy and opprobrious malediction. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 48.
I will not here defile
My unstain’d verse with his opprobrions name. Daniel.Solomon he led by fraud to build
His temple right against the temple of God,
On the opprobrious hill. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i.They see themselves unjustly aspersed, and vindicate themselves in terms no less opprobrious than those by which they are attacked. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 137.
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opprobrious
Opprobrious refers to something that expresses scorn, contempt, or harsh criticism, often in a public manner. It can also denote behavior or language that is derogatory, disgraceful, or abusive.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Opprobrious
o-prō′bri-us, adj. expressive of opprobrium or disgrace: reproachful: infamous: despised.—adv. Opprō′briously.—ns. Opprō′briousness; Opprō′brium, reproach expressing contempt or disdain: disgrace: infamy. [L.,—ob, against, probrum, reproach.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of opprobrious in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of opprobrious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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