2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opprobrious \Op*pro"bri*ous\, a. [L. opprobriosus, fr
opprobrium. See {Opprobrium}.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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