Opprobrium

Opprobrium

1. the disgrace or infamy attached to conduct viewed as grossly shameful
2. anything bringing shame or disgrace
3. reproachful contempt for something regarded as inferior

Meaning:
Their familes needed to be shielded from public opprobrium.
the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city" F D Roosevelt
Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. --De Quincey.