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HOME | Definition of opprobrium (OPPROBRIUM, Opprobrium)


    Opprobrium \Op*pro"bri*um\, n. [L., fr. ob (see Ob-) + probrum
    reproach, disgrace.]
    A state of disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt;
    odium[3].
    [1913 Webster+PJC]

    2. Abusive language.
    [1913 Webster]

    Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer,
    he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. --De
    Quincey.
    [1913 Webster]

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    opprobrium
    n 1: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn: obloquy]
    2: a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in
    infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn
    and opprobrium throughout the city" [syn: infamy] [ant:
    fame]

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    26 Moby Thesaurus words for "opprobrium":
    abuse, calumny, contumely, degradation, demotion, depluming,
    discredit, disesteem, dishonor, displuming, disrepute, ignobility,
    ignominiousness, ignominy, infamousness, infamy, ingloriousness,
    invective, loss of honor, obloquy, odium, revilement, scurrility,
    shame, vilification, vituperation

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


    OPPROBRIUM, civil law. Ignominy; shame; infamy. (q.v.)

    Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)


infamy, obloquy


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