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opprobriating

opprobriating is the present participle and gerund of opprobriate.

Meaning of opprobriate

Verb

opprobriate (third-person singular simple present opprobriates, present participle opprobriating, simple past and past participle opprobriated)

  1. 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

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Questions about opprobriating

What is opprobriating the present participle and gerund of?
Opprobriating is the present participle and gerund of opprobriate.

Words near opprobriating in the dictionary

  1. opprest
  2. opprobria
  3. opprobriate
  4. opprobriated
  5. opprobriates
  6. opprobriating
  7. opprobriation
  8. opprobrie
  9. opprobries
  10. opprobrious
  11. opprobriously

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