opprobrious

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And he became exceedingly opprobrious, and uttered contempt of the name of Feverel.

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  1. adjective Expressing contemptuous reproach; scornful or abusive: opprobrious epithets.
  2. adjective Bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous: opprobrious conduct.

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  • Or, this may be one of the most sordid chapters in the oft-opprobrious history of mineral science. —  AnalogSFF,December2006
  • The first face-the one that Koh finds least opprobrious, is America's "distinctive rights culture," which gives "First Amendment protections for speech and religion … far greater emphasis and judicial protection in America than in Europe or Asia." —  The Corner
  • The first face - the one that Koh finds least opprobrious, is America's "distinctive rights culture," which gives "First Amendment protections for speech and religion ... far greater emphasis and judicial protection in America than in Europe or Asia." —  The Corner
  • That we did not speak in opprobrious, but rather favourable terms, of His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor; or, 3. —  The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada
  • There was no opprobrious or harsh epithet he did not use. —  Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents
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  1. = Spanish oprobioso = Portuguese opprobrioso = Italian obbrobrioso, from Late Latin opprobriosus, full of opprobrium, from Latin opprobrium, opprobrium: see opprobrium.
 

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/əˈproʊbrɪəs/
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