Saturday, February 14, 2009

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.

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