OPPROBRIOUS
Source: 553, 566, 567
opprobrious. opprobrious, reprochfull, to taunt, reuile, or vpbraide with bad speeches.
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opprobrious. Opprobrious, a. reproachful, disgraceful, vile
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Op‐pro″bri‐ous (?), a. [[L. opprobriosus, fr. opprobrium. See Opprobrium.]] 1. 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. 2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name.
This dark, opprobrious den of shame. Milton. — Op‐pro″bri‐ous‐ly, adv. — Op‐pro″bri‐ous‐ness, n.