opprobrious

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

expressing offensive reproachSynonyms: abusive scurrilous
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame“Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands — Rachel Carson”“an ignominious retreat”“inglorious defeat”“an opprobrious monument to human greed”“a shameful display of cowardice”Synonyms: black disgraceful ignominious inglorious shameful

Opprobrious \Op*pro"bri*ous\, a. [L. opprobriosus, fr. opprobrium. See Opprobrium.]

1.Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language. [1913 Webster]

They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less opprobrious than those by which they are attacked.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

2.Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name. [1913 Webster]

This dark, opprobrious den of shame. --Milton. [1913 Webster] -- Op*pro"bri*ous*ly, adv. -- Op*pro"bri*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]