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Op*pro"bri*ous (?), a. [L.
opprobriosus, fr. opprobrium. See Opprobrium.]
1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace;
reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.

They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less
opprobrious than those by which they are
attacked.

2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as,
an opprobrious name.

This dark, opprobrious den of
shame.

-- Op*pro"bri*ous*ly, adv. --
Op*pro"bri*ous*ness, n.

Op*pro"bri*um (?), 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.

Op*pro"bry (?), n.
Opprobrium. [Obs.] Johnson.

Op*pugn" (?), v.


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