op·pro·bri·um 
(ə-prōbrē-əm)
(ə-prōbrē-əm)n.
1. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
2. Scornful reproach or contempt: a term of opprobrium.
3. Archaic A cause of shame or disgrace.
[Latin, from opprobrāre, to reproach : ob-, against; see OB- + probrum, reproach; see bher-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]