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Meaning of 'opprobrious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Opprobrious [ a.]
- Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
- Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name.

Meaning of 'opprobrious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . opprobrious [ s]
Meaning (1):
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Example in sentence:
  • a shameful display of cowardice;
  • an ignominious retreat;
  • an opprobrious monument to human greed;
  • inglorious defeat;
  • Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands

Nearby Words:

oppidan oppignerate oppilate oppilated oppilating oppilation oppilative opplete oppleted oppletion

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