opprobrious
[uh-proh-bree-uhs]
adjective
conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker: opprobrious invectives.
outrageously disgraceful or shameful: opprobrious conduct.
Origin of opprobrious
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin opprobriōsus, equivalent to Latin opprobri(um) opprobrium + -ōsus -ous
Synonyms for opprobrious
Antonyms for opprobrious
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Related Words for opprobrious
contemptuous, damaging, defamatory, despicable, disparaging, humiliating, injurious, insolent, insulting, invective, malevolent, malign, malignant, notorious, offensive, pejorative, scandalous, scurrilous, spiteful, truculentExamples from the Web for opprobrious
Contemporary Examples of opprobrious
To my great relief, I was mentioned only once or twice and not in opprobrious terms.
Historical Examples of opprobrious
But who ever heard the opprobrious term 'fortune-hunter' given to a woman?
Molly BawnMargaret Wolfe Hamilton
One might as well cast the opprobrious text in the face of the moon and stars.
The Foot-path WayBradford Torrey
"I tell thee I'm not the man for thee," adding an opprobrious name.
Mary BartonElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
"Now that is young in the opprobrious sense of the word," said Sir George.
The Beth BookSarah Grand
The most opprobrious epithets were applied to this departure.
opprobrious
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