Opprobrium

Quick meaning: Opprobrium is a noun meaning (countable, archaic) A cause, object, or situation of disgrace or shame.

Meaning

(countable, archaic) A cause, object, or situation of disgrace or shame.

More Meanings

1. Disgrace or bad reputation arising from exceedingly shameful behaviour; ignominy.
2. Scornful contempt or reproach; (countable) an instance of this.
3. Behaviour which is disgraceful or shameful.

Example Sentences

Some Johnny with brains produces a hypothesis. Everybody calls him a rotter at first. But he remains calm in the face of opprobrium.

I am content to suffer alone, while my sufferings shall endure: when I die, I am well satisfied that abhorrence and opprobrium should load my memory.

Virgin [Atlantic] won't pay a penny in fines and actually emerges as a winner, since all the opprobrium of the rule-breach has been heaped on BA [British Airways].

[…]from that strict rectitude in which I have been accustomed to walk and to view my actions, and which, notwithstanding the unjust opprobrium cast upon me, I find to be an invincible support and shield.

Word Forms

• opprobriums
• opprobria

Synonyms for opprobrium

Depending on context, synonyms include opprobry, obloquy, castigation, censure, derision, invective.

Antonyms for opprobrium

Common opposites include renown, celebrity, fame.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include infamy, obloquy, disgrace, indignity, shame, stigma.

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