Opprobrious

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  opprobrious
       adj 1: expressing offensive reproach [syn: {abusive}, {insulting},
              {scornful}, {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}, {shameful}]