Meanings
plural opprobriations
- countableliteraryrareuncountableScornful reproach or disapproval; opprobrium.
but, under the present circumstances, all clamours and opprobriations against them are futile, vague, and ill-grounded.
1776, Richard-John Tetlow, An Impartial Sentimental Letter2 more examples
Not often does a course bring the opprobriation of all factions upon itself. But, in spite of this, it remained on the curriculum.
1943, Educational Leadership, volume 1, page 158The very words used by the Burman to name the Karen are terms of opprobriation. The Karen were variously called "wild cattle of the hills" or "wild men."
1964, Hubbard Taylor Buckner, Deviant-group Organizations, page 114
Origin
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