expressing scorn, disgrace, or contempt shameful or infamous
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op•pro•bri•ous /əˈproʊbriəs/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- showing or expressing opprobrium:an opprobrious attack on immorality.
- deserving opprobrium:opprobrious conduct.
op•pro•bri•ous
(ə prō′brē əs),USA pronunciation adj.
op•pro′bri•ous•ly, adv.
op•pro′bri•ous•ness, n.
- conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker:opprobrious invectives.
- outrageously disgraceful or shameful:opprobrious conduct.
- Late Latin opprobriōsus, equivalent. to Latin opprobri(um) opprobrium + -ōsus -ous
- Middle English 1350–1400
op•pro′bri•ous•ness, n.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reproachful, abusive, vituperative, contemptuous.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dishonorable, ignominious.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged laudatory.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reputable.
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