Opprobrium

4 definitions found

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

  Opprobrium \Op*pro"bri*um\, n. [L., fr. ob (see {Ob-}) + probrum
     reproach, disgrace.]
     A state of disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt;
     odium[3].
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     2. Abusive language.
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              Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer,
              he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. --De
                                                    Quincey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  opprobrium
       n 1: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn: {obloquy}]
       2: a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in
          infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn
          and opprobrium throughout the city" [syn: {infamy}] [ant:
          {fame}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "opprobrium":
     abuse, calumny, contumely, degradation, demotion, depluming,
     discredit, disesteem, dishonor, displuming, disrepute, ignobility,
     ignominiousness, ignominy, infamousness, infamy, ingloriousness,
     invective, loss of honor, obloquy, odium, revilement, scurrility,
     shame, vilification, vituperation
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  OPPROBRIUM, civil law. Ignominy; shame; infamy. (q.v.)