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Opprobrious

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Adjective

1. abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous

expressing offensive reproach

2. black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful

(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

Example Sentences:
'Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands'
'an ignominious retreat'
'inglorious defeat'
'an opprobrious monument to human greed'
'a shameful display of cowardice'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Opprobrious

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adjective
1. 
expressing scorn, disgrace, or contempt
2. 
shameful or infamous

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Opprobrious

see synonyms of opprobrious
adjective
1. 
expressing opprobrium; abusive; disrespectful
2.  Rare
deserving opprobrium; disgraceful

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Opprobrious

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adj.
1. Expressing contemptuous reproach; scornful or abusive: opprobrious epithets.
2. Bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous: opprobrious conduct.

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