释义
[ uh -proh -bree-uh s ] SHOW IPA
/ əˈproʊ bri əs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker: opprobrious invectives.
outrageously disgraceful or shameful: opprobrious conduct.
Origin of opprobrious 1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin opprobriōsus, equivalent to Latin opprobri (um ) opprobrium + -ōsus -ous
SYNONYMS FOR opprobrious 1 reproachful, abusive, vituperative, contemptuous.
2 dishonorable, ignominious.
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ANTONYMS FOR opprobrious 1 laudatory.
2 reputable.
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OTHER WORDS FROM opprobrious op·pro·bri·ous·ly, adverb op·pro·bri·ous·ness, noun non·op·pro·bri·ous, adjective non·op·pro·bri·ous·ly, adverb
non·op·pro·bri·ous·ness, noun un·op·pro·bri·ous, adjective un·op·pro·bri·ous·ly, adverb un·op·pro·bri·ous·ness, noun
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Words nearby opprobrious oppositionist, opposition research, oppress, oppression, oppressive, opprobrious , opprobrium, oppugn, oppugnant, OPRA, opry
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Example sentences from the Web for opprobrious To my great relief, I was mentioned only once or twice and not in opprobrious terms.
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You may call me a 'blue book,' but spare my snobbery the opprobrious epithet of 'directory.'
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The captain stood at the stern addressing the bow with opprobrious language.
The Iroquois had conquered them, disarmed them, and forced them to adopt the opprobrious name of women.
The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada | Francis Parkman
In Boston he had taken on himself every opprobrious epithet.
Recollections and Impressions | Octavius Brooks Frothingham
They repaid him with the opprobrious nickname of “Sheemas-a-Cacagh,” or dirty James.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 7 | Various
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British Dictionary definitions for opprobrious adjective expressing scorn, disgrace, or contempt
shameful or infamous
Derived forms of opprobrious opprobriously , adverb opprobriousness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Words related to opprobrious contemptuous, damaging, defamatory, despicable, disparaging, humiliating, injurious, insolent, insulting, invective, malevolent, malign, malignant, notorious, offensive, pejorative, scandalous, scurrilous, spiteful, truculent