Definition of Opprobrious. Meaning of Opprobrious. Synonyms of Opprobrious

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Opprobrious. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Opprobrious and, of course, Opprobrious synonyms and on the right images related to the word Opprobrious.

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")...
- reprimanded", in part for "inveighing against [officials] with insulting and opprobrious language". While Schubert never saw Senn again, he did set some of his...
- connects "go Dutch" / "Dutch treat" to other phrases which have "an opprobrious or derisive application, largely due to the rivalry and enmity between...
- vicinity. Writing in 1904, journalist Clifton Johnson do****ented the "opprobrious" character of the word ****, emphasizing that it was chosen in the...
- by "throwing [people] into a glowing pit of fire, whence he had the opprobrious appellation of the Lord of the Pit." In the Koran itself, in Sura (Chapter)...
- marriage to an aggressive and disrespectful man turned out to be quite opprobrious and abusive, resulting in a divorce. Her most successful relationship...
- be uncir****cised. The plural term arelim ("uncir****cised") is used opprobriously, denoting the Philistines and other non-Israelites and used in conjunction...
- "Our French friends shouted and shrieked and gesticulated and hurled opprobrious names at Louis Napoleon and cursed his helpers, and danced the Carmagnole...
- the ingroup and the outgroup." For example, Matisoff notes, Khang "an opprobrious term indicating mixed race or parentage" is the Palaung name for Jingpo...
- man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms? … The character of Zimri in my Absalom, is, in my opinion, worth...