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opprobrious::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, shameful |
| Derivation | opprobrium |
an opprobrious monument to human greed.
opprobrious::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abusive, scurrilous |
Examples of opprobrious
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One hesitates, despite the show's size, to use the opprobrious word blockbuster.
From the time.com
Yet that is the least opprobrious logical deduction from what she has given us here.
From the washingtontimes.com
The nation's urban public schools have lately been subjected to a tide of opprobrious criticism.
From the time.com
Why are female drivers, to which term we attach no humorous or opprobrious associations, in the news?
From the guardian.co.uk
The use of opprobrious terms to describe a church will not make new friends for your magazine, and it may lose many.
From the time.com
Drifting Dude. At one time or another, Harte partially earned many of the opprobrious epithets that Mark Twain hurled his way.
From the time.com
The bull of Gregory XI impressed upon them the name of Lollards, intended as an opprobrious epithet, but it became, to them, a name of honour.
From the en.wikipedia.org
We, the inhabitants of his local high security prison, learned about his opprobrious views in the newspapers after he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Abusive: expressing offensive reproach
- Black: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of ...
- Of or relating to opprobrium; Tending to cause opprobrium
