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opprobrious

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

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