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[ uh-proh-bree-uhm ] / əˈproʊ bri əm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR opprobrium ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy. a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach. Origin of opprobrium1650–60; <Latin: reproach, equivalent to op-op- + probr(um) infamy, disgrace + -ium-ium Words nearby opprobriumopposition research, oppress, oppression, oppressive, opprobrious, opprobrium, oppugn, oppugnant, OPRA, opry, Ops Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for opprobriumSingled out for opprobrium was the planned exhibit on Margaret Sanger, birth-control crusader and godmother of Planned Parenthood. Michele Bachmann’s Crazy War on Women’s History|Michelle Cottle|May 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the real world, walking around with Google Glass is as likely to make you a target of opprobrium as it is a target of envy. Is Wearable Technology a Fad or the Future?|Daniel Gross|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Just this weekend, in the wake of the Arizona shooting, he lobbed some opprobrium toward Sarah Palin via his Twitter account. Piers Morgan's Splashy CNN Debut|Jacob Bernstein|January 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST No, uncles share with stepmothers the opprobrium and with mothers-in-law the ridicule of the mob. Poor Relations|Compton Mackenzie
You forget, then, that you have twenty times left them covered with opprobrium by your galleries. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12)|Edmund Burke It stung Leslie to a desire to clear herself of the opprobrium. Marjorie Dean College Junior|Pauline Lester A few of these words have been borrowed bodily from Latin, as 'odium', 'tedium', 'opprobrium'. Society for Pure English Tract 4|John Sargeaunt And the condemnation and opprobrium with which he overwhelms the luckless artist who has offended him is quite as violent. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 431, September 1851|Various
British Dictionary definitions for opprobrium
nounthe state of being abused or scornfully criticized reproach or censure a cause of disgrace or ignominy Word Origin for opprobriumC17: from Latin ob- against + probrum a shameful act 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 Words related to opprobriumignominy, infamy, obloquy, blemish, humiliation, tarnish, dishonor, discredit, degradation, disrespect, shame, disrepute, debasement, stigma, stain, black eye, debasing |