Category:Opprobrious

Op*pro"bri*ous, a. Etym: [l. opprobriosus, fr. opprobrium. See Opprobrium.]

1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; Scurrilous; as, opprobrious language. They. . . vindicate themselves in terms no less opprobrious than Those by which they are attacked. Addison.

2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name. This dark, opprobrious den of shame. Milton. -- op*pro"bri*ous*ly, adv. -- op*pro"bri*ous*ness, n.