opprobrium

[ uh-proh-bree-uh m ]

/ əˈproʊ bri əm /

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noun

the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.

a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach.

Nearby words

oppression, oppressive, oppressively, oppressor, opprobrious, opprobrium, oppugn, oppugnant, opr, opra, opruss

Origin of opprobrium

1650–60; < Latin: reproach, equivalent to op- op- + probr(um) infamy, disgrace + -ium -ium

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Examples from the Web for opprobrium

Singled out for opprobrium was the planned exhibit on Margaret Sanger, birth-control crusader and godmother of Planned Parenthood.
Michele Bachmann’s Crazy War on Women’s History|Michelle Cottle|May 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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.
Is Wearable Technology a Fad or the Future?|Daniel Gross|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just this weekend, in the wake of the Arizona shooting, he lobbed some opprobrium toward Sarah Palin via his Twitter account.
Piers Morgan's Splashy CNN Debut|Jacob Bernstein|January 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
No, uncles share with stepmothers the opprobrium and with mothers-in-law the ridicule of the mob.
Poor Relations|Compton Mackenzie

You forget, then, that you have twenty times left them covered with opprobrium by your galleries.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12)|Edmund Burke
It stung Leslie to a desire to clear herself of the opprobrium.
Marjorie Dean College Junior|Pauline Lester
A few of these words have been borrowed bodily from Latin, as 'odium', 'tedium', 'opprobrium'.
Society for Pure English Tract 4|John Sargeaunt
And the condemnation and opprobrium with which he overwhelms the luckless artist who has offended him is quite as violent.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 431, September 1851|Various

British Dictionary definitions for opprobrium

opprobrium

/ (əˈprəʊbrɪəm) /

noun

the state of being abused or scornfully criticized

reproach or censure

a cause of disgrace or ignominy

Word Origin for opprobrium

C17: from Latin ob- against + probrum a shameful act

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Word Origin and History for opprobrium

opprobrium

1680s, from Latin opprobrium "disgrace, infamy, scandal, dishonor," from opprobare (see opprobrious).

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