Opprobrious

Definition of Opprobrious

Op`pro´bri`ous
a.1.Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less opprobrious than those by which they are attacked.
- Addison.
2.Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name.
This dark, opprobrious den of shame.
- Milton.

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abusive, insulting, offensive, scornful, scurrilous
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