opprobriate
opprobriate verb: to express opprobrium for or to view with opprobrium; to scorn.
Verb
opprobriate (third-person singular simple present opprobriates, present participle opprobriating, simple past and past participle opprobriated)
- To express opprobrium for or to view with opprobrium; to scorn.
- It is admitted by all men endowed with that nervous susceptibility of body and soul which the ill-natured opprobriate by the name of jealousy, that nothing can be more trying to a husband afflicted with this distemperature, than to see the idol of his bosom dance, for the first time after her...1854, Catherine Grace F. Gore, Pin money, page 196
- you, without just cause or reasonable excuse, participated in and directed a previously planned public demonstration designed to opprobriate the participation of the United States Government in the affairs of the Dominican Republic.1967, Intramural Law Review of New York University - Volume 21, page 55
Adjective
opprobriate (comparative more opprobriate, superlative most opprobriate)
- Expressing opprobrium; disparaging.
- There are, no doubt, other bee-keeping nightmares of this ilk, but his term of opprobrium for honey-dew is very opprobriate.1909, British Bee Journal - Volume 37, page 499
- I am not using these terms in an opprobriate sense, but simply as terms that are well understood among us.1912, Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of Mayors of the Cities of New York State
Examples of opprobriate in a sentence
- O my ducats' (2.7.15) is frequently used to isolate and opprobriate him.2004, Michele Marrapodi, Shakespeare, Italy, and intertextuality, page 138:
- A woman appeared in a Canada court the other day and made complaint that another woman had called her an "opprobriate epithet."1875, The Cultivator & Country Gentleman, page 492:
- On Earth, courts have concluded that society can tolerate a high degree of provocative and opprobriate speech, to the point that only such speech which will result in riotous actions is unprotected.1991, Space Manufacturing - Volume 8, page 94:
Forms of opprobriate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | opprobriates |
| present participle | opprobriating |
| past participle | opprobriated |
| past | opprobriated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more opprobriate |
| superlative | most opprobriate |
Origin of opprobriate
From opprobrium + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
From opprobrium + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Questions about opprobriate
- What does opprobriate mean?
- Opprobriate means to express opprobrium for or to view with opprobrium; to scorn.
- How do you use opprobriate in a sentence?
- O my ducats' (2.7.15) is frequently used to isolate and opprobriate him.
- What part of speech is opprobriate?
- Opprobriate can be a verb or an adjective.
- What is the past tense of opprobriate?
- The past tense of opprobriate is opprobriated.
Words near opprobriate in the dictionary
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