opprobrium

[ uh-proh-bree-uhm ]

/ 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.

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Origin of opprobrium

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

Words nearby opprobrium

oppressed, oppression, oppressive, oppressor, opprobrious, opprobrium, oppugn, oppugnant, OPRA, opry, Ops

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How to use opprobrium in a sentence

Powell 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 Blade
But this is Clinton-era outrage: political motivations masquerading as moral opprobrium.
Too Late To 'Pologize For NSA Revenge Porn Leak|Lizzie Crocker|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
And so the serially unpopular Hollande was robbed of a rare break from public opprobrium.
New Phone-Tapping Scandal Plagues Sarkozy|Tracy McNicoll|March 14, 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
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|DAILY BEAST
Remember 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 Balzac
The 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 Williams
Talents of the rarest order, or regarded as such, do not efface the opprobrium of a dissolute life.
Queens of the French Stage|H. Noel Williams
But the common epithet of opprobrium is justly bestowed, and marks a right feeling.
The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)|John Ruskin
It was a monstrous corruption in legislation, which not even the great name of Henry Clay could shield from subsequent opprobrium.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864|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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