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opprobrious

[ uh-proh-bree-uhs ]
/ əˈproʊ bri əs /
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adjective

conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker: opprobrious invectives.
outrageously disgraceful or shameful: opprobrious conduct.

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contemptuous, damaging, defamatory, despicable, disparaging, humiliating, injurious, insolent, insulting, invective, malevolent, malign, malignant, notorious, offensive, pejorative, scandalous, scurrilous, spiteful, truculent

Nearby words

  1. oppressed,
  2. oppression,
  3. oppressive,
  4. oppressively,
  5. oppressor,
  6. opprobrium,
  7. oppugn,
  8. oppugnant,
  9. opr,
  10. opra

Origin of opprobrious

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin opprobriōsus, equivalent to Latin opprobri(um) opprobrium + -ōsus -ous
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British Dictionary definitions for opprobrious

opprobrious

/ (əˈprəʊbrɪəs) /

adjective

expressing scorn, disgrace, or contempt
shameful or infamous
Derived Formsopprobriously, adverbopprobriousness, noun
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Word Origin and History for opprobrious

opprobrious

adj.

"full of reproach, intended to bring disgrace," late 14c., from Old French oprobrieus (Modern French opprobrieux), or directly from Late Latin opprobriosus, from Latin opprobare "to reproach, taunt," from ob "against" (see ob-) + probrum "reproach, infamy." Etymological sense is "disgrace attached to conduct considered shameful." Related: Opprobriously; opprobriousness.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper