opprobrium : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: opprobrium	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for opprobrium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opprobrium n state of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn: obloquy, opprobrium] a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city" Synonym(s): infamy, opprobrium Antonym(s): celebrity, fame, renown
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opprobrium \Oppro"brium\, n. [L., fr. ob (see {Ob-}) + probrum reproach, disgrace.] Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive language. Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. --De Quincey.