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opprobrious

opp·rob·rious

UK/əˈpɹəʊbɹiəs/ uncommon

adjective

1.
2.

(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

  • “Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands” Rachel Carson
  • “an ignominious retreat”
  • “inglorious defeat”
  • “an opprobrious monument to human greed”
  • “a shameful display of cowardice”
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Origin

From Middle English opprobrious, from Middle French opprobrieux and its etymon Late Latin opprobriōsus.

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