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opprobrious
[ uh-proh-bree-uhs ]
adjective
- conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker:
opprobrious invectives.
Synonyms: contemptuous, vituperative, abusive, reproachful
Antonyms: laudatory
- outrageously disgraceful or shameful:
opprobrious conduct.
Synonyms: ignominious, dishonorable
Antonyms: reputable
opprobrious
/ əˈprəʊbrɪəs /
adjective
- expressing scorn, disgrace, or contempt
- shameful or infamous
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Derived Forms
- opˈprobriousness, noun
- opˈprobriously, adverb
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Other Words From
- op·probri·ous·ly adverb
- op·probri·ous·ness noun
- nonop·probri·ous adjective
- nonop·probri·ous·ly adverb
- nonop·probri·ous·ness noun
- unop·probri·ous adjective
- unop·probri·ous·ly adverb
- unop·probri·ous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of opprobrious1
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Example Sentences
To my great relief, I was mentioned only once or twice and not in opprobrious terms.
The Apaches looked on from a distance, uttering yells of exultation and making opprobrious gestures.
"Dirty-nosed" is a common opprobrious expression in Esthonia.
Cut appears to have been an opprobrious term used by the vulgar when they scolded or abused each other.
But how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms!
His editor, Laing, bids us observe “that all these opprobrious terms are copied from Foxe, or rather from the black letter tract.”
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