opprobrium
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bri noun
1.
the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.
2.
a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the state of being abused or scornfully criticized |
| 2. | reproach or censure |
| 3. | a cause of disgrace or ignominy |
| [C17: from Latin ob- against + probrum a shameful act] | |
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Word Origin & History
opprobrium
1680s, from L. opprobrium "disgrace, infamy," from opprobare (see opprobrious).
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Example sentences
The opprobrium heaped on ratings firms is only partly deserved.
But that astonishment and opprobrium will not suffice to justify the suppression of dual nationality.
He is a zoo creature, behind the bars of the people's opprobrium.
Even the names of opprobrium which the hostile parties applied to each other were borrowed.
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