op|pro|bri|um

op|pro|bri|um
op|pro|bri|um «uh PROH bree uhm», noun.
1. the disgrace or reproach caused by shameful conduct; infamy; scorn; abuse: »

Because I had turned against him…I was loaded with general opprobrium (Charlotte Brontë). There might very well arise the ill-considered compromise such as made the mere words “Munich” and “Yalta” terms of opprobrium (Wall Street Journal).

 SYNONYM(S): odium, disrepute.
2. a cause or object of such reproach: »

The village drunkard was the opprobrium of the community.

╂[< Latin opprobrium < opprobrāre to reproach, taunt < ob- at + probrum infamy, a shameful act]

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