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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OPPRO'BRIUM, n. [L. ob and probrum, disgrace.]
Reproach mingled with contempt or disdain.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: 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, bear Date: 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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Opprobrium is open criticism or disapproval of something that someone has done. (FORMAL) His political opinions have attracted the opprobrium of the Left. = censure

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Scurrility, abusive language, contemptuous reproaches, contumely. 2. Reproach, disgrace, infamy, ignominy, obloquy, odium.

Moby Thesaurus

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