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/əprˈoʊbriəm/ Listen

noun

Opprobrium n.

A state of disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; odium (3).

Abusive language. "Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium."

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Etymology of 'Opprobrium'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Opprobrium" Quotes from Famous Books

... utter myself in the fierce and unqualified language of invective. You have sinned beyond redemption. I would speak daggers. I would wring blood from your heart at every word. But no; I will not waste myself in angry words. I will not indulge to the bitterness of opprobrium. Nothing but the anguish of my soul should have wrung from me these solitary lines. Nothing but the fear of not surviving to my revenge, should have prevented me from forestalling them in person.—I will meet ...

— Italian Letters, Vols. I and II • William Godwin

... intrusted to five persons, and hence the famous combination, the united letters of which formed the word 'Cabal:'—Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale. Their reprehensible schemes, their desperate characters, rendered them the opprobrium of their age, and the objects of censure to all posterity. Whilst matters were in this state a daring outrage, which spoke fearfully of the lawless state of the times, was ascribed, though wrongly, to Buckingham. The Duke of Ormond, the object ...

— The Wits and Beaux of Society - Volume 1 • Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton

... sees them still, with its inward vision. Many will make believe otherwise, but I would rather not make believe otherwise; and in trying to write of Literature as Business I am tempted to begin by saying that Business is the opprobrium of Literature. ...

— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

... storm of opprobrium, scorn, and ironic laughter. Though the town laughed, it only laughed to hide its disgust of ...

— The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns • Arnold Bennett

... prepared the soil for adequate agricultural education. While the agricultural colleges formerly had many enemies among the farmers, and received scornful opprobrium from those whom they were endeavoring to help, almost without exception the Granges have praised the colleges, welcomed their work, and urged farmers to educate their sons at these institutions. Farmers' institutes, the agricultural ...

— Chapters in Rural Progress • Kenyon L. Butterfield

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