Word of the Day – Opprobrious

Adjective: Opprobrious
1. expressive of opprobrium : scurrilous opprobrious language
2. deserving of opprobrium
Noun: Opprobrium
1. something that brings disgrace
2. public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered grossly wrong or vicious
Synonyms:
1. abusive
2. vituperative
3. derogatory
4. disparaging
5. denigratory
6. pejorative
7. insulting
8. offensive
9. slanderous
10. libelous
11. bitchy
Usage:
1. Asimov raised his hand. “I had read only about a quarter of it, ” he recalls in his memoirs, “when N. stopped me and used an opprobrious barnyard term to describe my writing. I had never heard a teacher use a ‘dirty word’ before and I was shocked.”
Encountered:
1. While reading Joseph Telushkin’s book Words That Hurt Words That Heal.

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