opprobrious
adjective
conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker.
opprobriously
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a word derived from
opprobrious.
Example Sentences
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They nicknamed everybody, always opprobriously, often happily in the way of hitting off a salient peculiarity; but they were not in the least aware that they were themselves the best nicknamed people in the service.
From The Heavenly Twins by Grand, Madame Sarah
Colonel Sackville, a member, having, in a private company, spoken opprobriously of those who affirmed that there was any plot, was expelled the house.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. by Hume, David
I, the burden-bearer, the caretaker, the worrier; I, who am opprobriously called "the manager" in this family—I have failed them at this critical point in their household history.
From The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors by Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman
Near Mevagissey, locally and opprobriously termed Fishygissey, is Pencarne, seat of the one-handed Carew, whose portrait is in Heligan House.
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by Scott, C. A. Dawson
They were carted to the vessel, accompanied by animals opprobriously called "crimps," whose unrestrained appetite for plunder was a scandal to the public authority who permitted their existence.
From Windjammers and Sea Tramps by Runciman, Walter
