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Definition of Opprobrious
1. Adjective. Expressing offensive reproach.
2. Adjective. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame. "A shameful display of cowardice"
Similar to: Dishonorable, Dishonourable
Derivative terms: Disgracefulness, Ignominiousness, Ignominy, Opprobrium, Shamefulness
Definition of Opprobrious
1. a. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
Definition of Opprobrious
1. Adjective. Of or relating to opprobrium. ¹
2. Adjective. Tending to cause opprobrium. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Opprobrious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opprobrious
Literary usage of Opprobrious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Jesuits, 1534-1921: A History of the Society of Jesus from Its by Thomas Joseph Campbell (1921)
"The opprobrious meaning of the word came into use at the approach of the Protestant
Reformation. Thus, when laxity in the observance of their rule began to ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... each other in the moil opprobrious language. They never fight or box with their
... opprobrious ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"scab (slang; opprobrious or a term of abuse), bugger (low), cullion (literary
and archaic), caitiff (contemptuous); spec, beggar (Jig.), hound (fig. ..."
4. Nome and Seward Peninsula: History, Description, Biographies and Stories by Edward Sanford Harrison (1905)
"The name by which he is known is an opprobrious term, applied to him by the
Indians of the interior of Alaska, and signifies "fish eater. ..."
5. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1915)
"... it is not the law that "any" provocation will justify the use of opprobrious
words. A provocation may exist, and yet not be a sufficient provocation, ..."
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