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opprobrious

Syllables: op·pro·bri·ous/əˈpɹəʊbɹiəs/

opprobrious adjective: causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful.

Adjective

opprobrious (comparative more opprobrious, superlative most opprobrious)

  1. Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful.
    • "Don’t speak of my painting before Naumann," said Will. "He will tell you, it is all pfuscherei, which is his most opprobrious word!"1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XXII, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II, page 389
    • KLAUS: You're so much nicer than the other one. He was a complete asshole!
      REGINALD: Such opprobrious language for your father!
      KLAUS: Yeah, I… I don't know what that means.2022, “Marigold”, in The Umbrella Academy, season 3, episode 6

opprobrious meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

opprobrious in Tamil

எதிர்மறை, அவமதிப்பான

opprobrious in Urdu

بدنام, برا, ملامتی, رو سیاہ

opprobrious in Malayalam

derogatory, abusive, vituperative
കുത്സിതമായ, ഹീനമായ, നിന്ദാവഹമായ, നിന്ദാഗർഭം, അസഭ്യമായ, അധിക്ഷേപകരമായ

Forms of opprobrious

comparativemore opprobrious
superlativemost opprobrious

Origin of opprobrious

From Middle English opprobrious, from Middle French opprobrieux and its etymon Late Latin opprobriōsus.

Words formed from opprobrious

Questions about opprobrious

What does opprobrious mean?
Opprobrious means causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful.
What is opprobrious in Tamil?
Opprobrious in Tamil is எதிர்மறை, அவமதிப்பான. See Opprobrious meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is opprobrious?
Opprobrious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce opprobrious?
Opprobrious is pronounced /əˈpɹəʊbɹiəs/.

Words near opprobrious in the dictionary

  1. opprobriates
  2. opprobriating
  3. opprobriation
  4. opprobrie
  5. opprobries
  6. opprobrious
  7. opprobriously
  8. opprobriousness
  9. opprobrium
  10. opprobriums
  11. opprobry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: opprobrious (page history and authors); opprobrious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); opprobrious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); opprobrious (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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