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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Opprobrium \Op*pro"bri*um\, n. [L., fr. ob (see {Ob-}) + probrum
reproach, disgrace.]
A state of disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt;
odium[3].
[1913 Webster+PJC]
2. Abusive language.
[1913 Webster]
Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer,
he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. --De
Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opprobrium
n 1: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn:
{obloquy}, {opprobrium}]
2: a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in
infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and
opprobrium throughout the city" [syn: {infamy}, {opprobrium}]
[ant: {celebrity}, {fame}, {renown}]
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