opprobrious
adj/əˈpɹəʊbɹiəs/
Etymology
From Middle English opprobrious, from Middle French opprobrieux and its etymon Late Latin opprobriōsus.
- derived from opprobriōsus
- derived from opprobrieux
- inherited from opprobrious
Definitions
Causing opprobrium
Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful.
- "Don’t speak of my painting before Naumann," said Will. "He will tell you, it is all pfuscherei, which is his most opprobrious word!"
- KLAUS: You're so much nicer than the other one. He was a complete asshole! REGINALD: Such opprobrious language for your father! KLAUS: Yeah, I… I don't know what that means.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for opprobrious. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA