01 a. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
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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.
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Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name.“This dark, opprobrious den of shame.” — Milton.