Definition of opprobrious in English:

opprobrious

adjective əˈprəʊbrɪəsəˈproʊbriəs

(of language) expressing scorn or criticism.
opprobrious remarks
Example sentencesExamples
- While one should deplore the heavy-handed censorship that made the Index of Forbidden Books so opprobrious, no one can wonder why the censors found Hume a prime candidate for that infamous canon.
- In this more recent instance, Atkinson found an opprobrious term rolling nicely off the tongue.
- The term also entered popular journalism of the 1920s and 30s, used of composers as unalike as Varèse and Bartók, generally with opprobrious intent.
- Growing up, it's funny how words get to be opprobrious.
- In short, valuing for the increment added by improvements, if not an everyday occurrence, is by no means so odd as to attract the opprobrious epithet ‘impractical’.
- Sponsors are withdrawing advertisements featuring the couple and websites have been flooded with opprobrious messages.
Synonyms
abusive, vituperative, derogatory, disparaging, denigratory, pejorative, deprecatory, insulting, offensive, defamatory, slanderous, libellous, scurrilous, scandalous, vitriolic, venomous
scornful, contemptuous, derisive
informal bitchy
archaic contumelious
rare calumnious, calumniatory, aspersive

Derivatives

opprobriously

adverb əˈprəʊbrɪəsliəˈproʊbriəsli

Brandes wants to contribute to what he calls the ‘New Military History’ which, he asserts, offsets ideology and conspiracy-mindedness by concentrating ‘less opprobriously on understanding civil-military relations’.
Example sentencesExamples
- Although this has been opprobriously termed ‘behavior control’ by some ethicists, the counselor is no more controlling behavior than is a surgeon who recommends an elective operation.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin opprobriosus, from opprobrium (see opprobrium).

Definition of opprobrious in US English:

opprobrious

adjectiveəˈprōbrēəsəˈproʊbriəs

(of language) expressing scorn or criticism.
Example sentencesExamples
- While one should deplore the heavy-handed censorship that made the Index of Forbidden Books so opprobrious, no one can wonder why the censors found Hume a prime candidate for that infamous canon.
- In short, valuing for the increment added by improvements, if not an everyday occurrence, is by no means so odd as to attract the opprobrious epithet ‘impractical’.
- The term also entered popular journalism of the 1920s and 30s, used of composers as unalike as Varèse and Bartók, generally with opprobrious intent.
- Growing up, it's funny how words get to be opprobrious.
- Sponsors are withdrawing advertisements featuring the couple and websites have been flooded with opprobrious messages.
- In this more recent instance, Atkinson found an opprobrious term rolling nicely off the tongue.
Synonyms
abusive, vituperative, derogatory, disparaging, denigratory, pejorative, deprecatory, insulting, offensive, defamatory, slanderous, libellous, scurrilous, scandalous, vitriolic, venomous

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin opprobriosus, from opprobrium (see opprobrium).

单词	opprobrious
释义	Definition of opprobrious in English: opprobrious adjective əˈprəʊbrɪəsəˈproʊbriəs (of language) expressing scorn or criticism. opprobrious remarks Example sentencesExamples While one should deplore the heavy-handed censorship that made the Index of Forbidden Books so opprobrious, no one can wonder why the censors found Hume a prime candidate for that infamous canon. In this more recent instance, Atkinson found an opprobrious term rolling nicely off the tongue. The term also entered popular journalism of the 1920s and 30s, used of composers as unalike as Varèse and Bartók, generally with opprobrious intent. Growing up, it's funny how words get to be opprobrious. In short, valuing for the increment added by improvements, if not an everyday occurrence, is by no means so odd as to attract the opprobrious epithet ‘impractical’. Sponsors are withdrawing advertisements featuring the couple and websites have been flooded with opprobrious messages. Synonyms abusive, vituperative, derogatory, disparaging, denigratory, pejorative, deprecatory, insulting, offensive, defamatory, slanderous, libellous, scurrilous, scandalous, vitriolic, venomous scornful, contemptuous, derisive informal bitchy archaic contumelious rare calumnious, calumniatory, aspersive Derivatives opprobriously adverb əˈprəʊbrɪəsliəˈproʊbriəsli Brandes wants to contribute to what he calls the ‘New Military History’ which, he asserts, offsets ideology and conspiracy-mindedness by concentrating ‘less opprobriously on understanding civil-military relations’. Example sentencesExamples Although this has been opprobriously termed ‘behavior control’ by some ethicists, the counselor is no more controlling behavior than is a surgeon who recommends an elective operation. Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin opprobriosus, from opprobrium (see opprobrium). Definition of opprobrious in US English: opprobrious adjectiveəˈprōbrēəsəˈproʊbriəs (of language) expressing scorn or criticism. Example sentencesExamples While one should deplore the heavy-handed censorship that made the Index of Forbidden Books so opprobrious, no one can wonder why the censors found Hume a prime candidate for that infamous canon. In short, valuing for the increment added by improvements, if not an everyday occurrence, is by no means so odd as to attract the opprobrious epithet ‘impractical’. The term also entered popular journalism of the 1920s and 30s, used of composers as unalike as Varèse and Bartók, generally with opprobrious intent. Growing up, it's funny how words get to be opprobrious. Sponsors are withdrawing advertisements featuring the couple and websites have been flooded with opprobrious messages. In this more recent instance, Atkinson found an opprobrious term rolling nicely off the tongue. Synonyms abusive, vituperative, derogatory, disparaging, denigratory, pejorative, deprecatory, insulting, offensive, defamatory, slanderous, libellous, scurrilous, scandalous, vitriolic, venomous Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin opprobriosus, from opprobrium (see opprobrium).
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