Thesaurus: opprobrious

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1. a. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
2. a. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name.
3. adj. expressing offensive reproach
4. adj. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
5. 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.
6. s expressing offensive reproach s (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame