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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
  2. n. Scornful reproach or contempt: a term of opprobrium.
  3. n. A cause of shame or disgrace.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Imputation of shameful conduct; insulting reproach; contumely; scurrility.
  2. n. Disgrace; infamy. Synonyms Obloquy, Infamy, etc. See ignominy and odium.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
  2. n. Scornful reproach or contempt
  3. n. A cause of shame or disgrace.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A state of disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; odium{3}.
  2. n. Abusive language.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  2. n. a state of extreme dishonor

Etymologies

  1. First attested 1656, from Latin opprōbrium ("reproach, disgrace"), from opprōbrō ("reproach, taunt"), from ob ("against") + probrum ("disgrace, dishonor"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin, from opprobrāre, to reproach : ob-, against; see ob- + probum, reproach; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • lilmishap Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
    Scornful reproach or contempt: a term of opprobrium.
    A cause of shame or disgrace. Feb 20, 2009

  • papageno "The Actor's Opprobrium," The Sunlandic Twins Bonus EP Nov 22, 2007

  • seanahan "Some of the opprobrium and sense of embarrassment that would forever after attach itself to the comic book form was due to the way it at first inevitably suffered, event at its best, by comparison with the mannered splendor of Burne Hogarth, Alex Raymond, Hal Foster, and the other kings of funny page draftsmanship..."

    "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay", Michael Chabon, p75 Aug 10, 2007

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