opprobrious

1. 1.

   expressing offensive reproach

   Synonymsabusivescurrilous

   Similaroffensive
2. 2.

   (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”

   “an ignominious retreat”

   “inglorious defeat”

   “an opprobrious monument to human greed”

   “a shameful display of cowardice”

   Synonymsblackdisgracefulignominiousingloriousshameful

   Similardishonorable

Questions about opprobrious

What does opprobrious mean?

opprobrious means "expressing offensive reproach". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in opprobrious?

opprobrious has 4 syllables: op-pro-bri-ous. The stress falls on "bri".

What is another word for opprobrious?

Close synonyms include abusive, scurrilous, black, disgraceful, ignominious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is opprobrious a common word?

opprobrious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.