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opprobrium

noun
/əˈpɹəʊ.bɹɪ.əm/UK/əˈpɹoʊ.bɹi.əm/US

Etymology

PIE word *h₁epi Learned borrowing from Latin opprobrium, obprobrium (“a reproach, a taunt; disgrace, shame; dishonour; scandal”, noun), from opprobrō, obprobrō (“to reproach, upbraid; to taunt”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). Opprobrō, obprobrō are derived from ob- (prefix meaning ‘towards’) + probrum (“disgrace, shame; abuse, insult”, noun) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forward; toward”) + *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”), in the sense of something brought up to reproach a person). The plural form opprobria is borrowed from Latin opprobria. Cognates * French opprobre * Italian obbrobrio * Portuguese ouprobio (obsolete), opróbrio * Spanish oprobrio (obsolete), oprobio

  1. borrowed from opprobria
  2. derived from *pro-✻ — “forward; toward”
  3. learned borrowing from opprobrium

Definitions

  1. A cause, object, or situation of disgrace or shame.

  2. Disgrace or bad reputation arising from exceedingly shameful behaviour

    Disgrace or bad reputation arising from exceedingly shameful behaviour; ignominy.

    • Let me add that it is the great deſideratum, by which alone this form of government can be reſcued from the opprobrium under which it has ſo long labored, and be recommended to the eſteem and adoption of mankind.
    • I am content to suffer alone, while my sufferings shall endure: when I die, I am well satisfied that abhorrence and opprobrium should load my memory.
    • Virgin [Atlantic] won't pay a penny in fines and actually emerges as a winner, since all the opprobrium of the rule-breach has been heaped on BA [British Airways].

  3. Scornful contempt or reproach

    Scornful contempt or reproach; (countable) an instance of this.

    • […]from that strict rectitude in which I have been accustomed to walk and to view my actions, and which, notwithstanding the unjust opprobrium cast upon me, I find to be an invincible support and shield.
    • Some Johnny with brains produces a hypothesis. Everybody calls him a rotter at first. But he remains calm in the face of opprobrium.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Behaviour which is disgraceful or shameful.

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