opprobrious
adj 1: expressing offensive reproach [syn: {abusive},
{opprobrious}, {scurrilous}]
2: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace
or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a
destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an
ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious
monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"
[syn: {black}, {disgraceful}, {ignominious}, {inglorious},
{opprobrious}, {shameful}]
Opprobrious \Op*pro"bri*ous\, a. [L. opprobriosus, fr.
opprobrium. See {Opprobrium}.]
1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful;
scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
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They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less
opprobrious than those by which they are attacked.
--Addison.
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2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious
name.
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This dark, opprobrious den of shame. --Milton.
[1913 Webster] -- {Op*pro"bri*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Op*pro"bri*ous*ness}, n.
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