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Meanings of opprobrium in English

Portuguese
infâmia
Catalan
oprobi

A state of extreme dishonor, consisting in being an object of a very serious public reproach approved by the great majority of the population.

      infâmia
      Portuguese
      xingamento

      State of disgrace resulting from public abuse.

            xingamento
            Usage of opprobrium in English
            1
            The opprobrium rested upon him then; let the honor be his now.
            Starr King in California
            2
            This attracted further opprobrium, with someone clucking 'disgraceful' as he passed them.
            The street philosopher
            3
            For many, Africa is a target of racism and opprobrium, not partnership.
            The Guardian
            4
            The parson foundered in a storm of opprobrium, scorn, and ironic laughter.
            The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
            5
            The Birmingham man remains appreciative of his body art, despite the opprobrium.
            The Guardian
            6
            It's this high-handed brand of yobbishness that has drawn most public opprobrium.
            The Guardian
            7
            Hid idea is a dictionary shouldn't contain terms of racial opprobrium.
            The new yorker
            8
            In his Emissions column recently, Kilian Doyle cast opprobrium on Dublin's motorcycle couriers.
            The Irish Times
            9
            This attack on St George of Orwell met with near-universal opprobrium and derision.
            The Guardian
            10
            Every form in which shame and opprobrium could overwhelm her darling, haunted her.
            Ruth
            11
            And consider the opprobrium endured by Garda whistleblowers Maurice McCabe and John Wilson.
            The Irish Times
            12
            The Quakers, even, had not at that time redeemed themselves from the opprobrium.
            Old Portraits and Modern Sketches / Part 1 from Volume VI of The...
            13
            Inevitably, this failed to remove the cloud of opprobrium now surrounding the judge.
            The Irish Times
            14
            MAFF has earned international opprobrium for its unaccommodating attitude toward B.S.E.
            The new yorker
            15
            Historians have united to pour upon John every species of opprobrium.
            The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 / (From Barbaro...
            16
            He wasn't quite sure, but somehow it sounded like a term of opprobrium.
            The Prince of Graustark
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