opprobrium
3
9.9
- noun
- /əˈprəʊbriəm/
- Formal
:
oprobio
- The politician faced severe opprobrium after the scandal was revealed to the public.
- avoid opprobrium
- international opprobrium
- moral opprobrium
Why does all the opprobrium fall on these women and, and none of these these guys?
- Why does all the opprobrium fall on these women and, and none of these these guys?
- And we resist in part because there is social opprobrium attached to it in the world of Google Glass.
- It just wasn't they didn't have the opprobrium attached to slavery like we do.
- And the Internet has made it possible for people to connect together and for people to self publish too, and in ways that don't have the opprobrium in the past.
Examples
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All this accomplished, however, was to earn Yelverton the opprobrium of the House.
Academic text (2011) -
As the most important foreign backer of the Shah's regime, the United States shared the opprobrium generated by the regime's excesses.
Academic text (2013) -
Why does all the opprobrium fall on these women and, and none of these these guys?
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Why not focus on the opprobrium on the side that did the killing?
Blog text (12) -
And we resist in part because there is social opprobrium attached to it in the world of Google Glass.
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I must emphasize at the start that I do not single out Fisher for any special opprobrium on this score.
Academic text (1991) -
The historians will look back on this bizarre behavior with the kind of critical opprobrium that it deserves.
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In general, the folk of Cath do what they see fit and suffer more or less opprobrium.
Fiction book (1993) -
Returning veterans from future military operations may not accept the opprobrium that greeted those from Vietnam.
Academic text (1996) -
The government usually reserves its most severe opprobrium for groups that challenge its large-scale development projects, including megadams and capital-intensive resource extraction.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
141
7.4
A formal statement expressing strong disapproval of someone
23
7.2
A remark that shows criticism or disappointment in someone's actions
21
7.6
Being known for something very bad or shameful
6
7.6
A bad reputation that makes people think less of a person or group
3
7.2
A strong spoken scolding for a mistake
2
9.3
Shame and loss of respect felt by many people
1
7.7
A public statement that strongly criticizes someone or something
1
9.0
Severe criticism or punishment using harsh words
1
9.1
Very strong criticism that openly attacks a person
1
6.5
Strong public criticism of a person or action
1
9.9
A public attack in words that shames a person and harms their reputation
1
9.9
Strong public hatred and disgust toward someone because of what they did
1
9.5
A strong moral disapproval from other people
A strong angry criticism that someone gives to another person
Antonyms
How Disgraced
- Formal
3
9.9
- Formal
6
8.4
4
7.9
418
2.3
- Formal
141
7.4
512
3.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Opprobrium comes from Latin parts ob- 'against' and probrum 'shame', and is like the English word reproach, which means 'blame'. So opprobrium means public shame or severe criticism for something seen as wrong.