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]
opprobrium nounEtymology: Latin, from opprobrare to reproach, from ob
in the way of + probrum reproach; akin to Latin pro forward
and to Latin ferre to carry, bring — more at ob-, for, bearDate: 1656 1. something that brings disgrace 2.a. public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered
grossly wrong or vicious b.contempt, reproach
opprobrium n. 1 disgrace or bad reputation attaching to some act or conduct. 2 a cause of this. Etymology: L f. opprobrum (as OB-, probrum disgraceful act)
opprobrium
Opprobrium is open criticism or disapproval of something that someone has done. (FORMAL)
His political opinions have attracted the opprobrium of the Left.= censure
N-UNCOUNT
opprobrium
əˈprəubrɪəm n. 1 disgrace or bad reputation attaching to some act
or conduct. 2 a cause of this. [L f. opprobrum (as OB-, probrum disgraceful
act)]
Opprobrium \Op*pro"bri*um\, n. [L., fr. ob (see Ob-) + probrum
reproach, disgrace.]
Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive
language.
Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he
found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. --De
Quincey.
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