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].
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2. Abusive language.
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Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer,
he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. --De
Quincey.
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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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