opprobrium

Other forms of opprobrium

plural

opprobriums·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about opprobrium

What does opprobrium mean?

opprobrium means "state of disgrace resulting from public abuse". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in opprobrium?

opprobrium has 4 syllables: op-pro-bri-um. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /əˈpɹoʊbɹiəm/.

What is another word for opprobrium?

Close synonyms include obloquy, infamy. 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 opprobrium a common word?

opprobrium 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.