opprobrium
the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.
a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach.
Origin of opprobrium
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How to use opprobrium in a sentence
More notable than Hemedti’s public show of allegiance to Russia during this moment of international opprobrium was that Lavrov actually made time for Hemedti at such a critical juncture.
Putin's Exploitation of Africa Could Help Him Evade Sanctions | George Clooney, Justyna Gudzowska, and John Prendergast | April 8, 2022 | TimePowell deserves opprobrium for defying Clinton, rallying opposition, and allowing 60,000 troops under his command to suffer the indignity of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ clouds Powell’s legacy | C. Dixon Osburn | October 18, 2021 | Washington BladeBut this is Clinton-era outrage: political motivations masquerading as moral opprobrium.
Singled out for opprobrium was the planned exhibit on Margaret Sanger, birth-control crusader and godmother of Planned Parenthood.
And so the serially unpopular Hollande was robbed of a rare break from public opprobrium.
In the real world, walking around with Google Glass is as likely to make you a target of opprobrium as it is a target of envy.
Heaping opprobrium on these parents exacerbates a problem we could instead resolve.
When Your Child Kills: the Parents of Criminals | Andrew Solomon | December 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTRemember this: if you are discovered, we shall all abandon you; we shall even cast, if necessary, opprobrium and infamy upon you.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacThe age of strikes had not yet arrived, and they preferred opprobrium with a little money to honour and an empty treasury.
Queens of the French Stage | H. Noel WilliamsTalents of the rarest order, or regarded as such, do not efface the opprobrium of a dissolute life.
Queens of the French Stage | H. Noel WilliamsBut the common epithet of opprobrium is justly bestowed, and marks a right feeling.
The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) | John RuskinIt was a monstrous corruption in legislation, which not even the great name of Henry Clay could shield from subsequent opprobrium.
British Dictionary definitions for opprobrium
/ (əˈprəʊbrɪəm) /
the state of being abused or scornfully criticized
reproach or censure
a cause of disgrace or ignominy
Origin of opprobrium
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