Definition of Opprobrious. Meaning of Opprobrious. Synonyms of Opprobrious

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Definition of Opprobrious

Opprobrious
Opprobrious Op*pro"bri*ous, a. [L. opprobriosus, fr. opprobrium. See Opprobrium.] 1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language. They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less opprobrious than those by which they are attacked. --Addison. 2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name. This dark, opprobrious den of shame. --Milton. -- Op*pro"bri*ous*ly, adv. -- Op*pro"bri*ous*ness, n.

Meaning of Opprobrious from wikipedia

- the great coronation ceremony of Yudhishthira, as a punishment for his opprobrious abuse made against him. He is also referred to as Chaidya ("King of Chedi")...
- vicinity. Writing in 1904, journalist Clifton Johnson do****ented the "opprobrious" character of the word ****, emphasizing that it was chosen in the...
- reprimanded", in part for "inveighing against [officials] with insulting and opprobrious language". While Schubert never saw Senn again, he did set some of his...
- the **** regime that the term bureaucracy was "always applied with an opprobrious connotation", and by 1957 the American sociologist Robert Merton suggested...
- said to be caused by a private quarrel, he was "****ured it was owing to opprobrious language uttered against Madam Anne by his Majesty's sister, the Duchess...
- connects "go Dutch" / "Dutch treat" to other phrases which have "an opprobrious or derisive application, largely due to the rivalry and enmity between...
- the ingroup and the outgroup." For example, Matisoff notes, Khang "an opprobrious term indicating mixed race or parentage" is the Palaung name for Jingpo...
- a willingness to believe. This was proved by affixing to Oswald the opprobrious epithet of 'cop-killer.'" Jim Garrison alleged that evidence was altered...
- Gregory XI impressed upon them the name of Lollards, intended as an opprobrious epithet, but it became, to them, a name of honour. Even in Wycliffe's...
- be uncir****cised. The plural term arelim ("uncir****cised") is used opprobriously, denoting the Philistines and other non-Israelites and used in conjunction...