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for opprobrium
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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].
[1913 Webster+PJC]
2. Abusive language.
[1913 Webster]
Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer,
he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. --De
Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
opprobrium
n 1: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn:
obloquy, opprobrium]
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, opprobrium]
[ant: celebrity, fame, renown]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
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) :
OPPROBRIUM, civil law. Ignominy; shame; infamy. (q.v.)
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