Associations to the word «Opprobrious»
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Wiktionary
OPPROBRIOUS, adjective. Of or relating to opprobrium.
OPPROBRIOUS, adjective. Tending to cause opprobrium.
Dictionary definition
OPPROBRIOUS, adjective. Expressing offensive reproach.
OPPROBRIOUS, adjective. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice".
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