Opprobrious \Op*pro"bri*ous\, a. [L. opprobriosus, fr.
opprobrium. See Opprobrium.]
1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful;
scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
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They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less
opprobrious than those by which they are attacked.
--Addison.
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2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious
name.
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This dark, opprobrious den of shame. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
opprobrious
adj 1: expressing offensive reproach [syn: abusive, insulting,
scornful, scurrilous]
2: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing
disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest
records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel
Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an
opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display
of cowardice" [syn: black, disgraceful, ignominious,
inglorious, shameful]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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