English-Thai Dictionary

opprobrious

ADJ น่า ตำหนิ  น่า ประณาม  reproachful abusive laudatory na-tam-ni

 

opprobrious

ADJ น่าอับอาย  dishonorable ignominious reputable na-aub-ai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OPPROBRIOUS

a.[See Opprobrium. ] 1. Reproachful and contemptuous; scurrilous; as opprobrious language; opprobrious words or terms.
2. Blasted with infamy; despised; rendered hateful; as an opprobrious name.

 

OPPROBRIOUSLY

adv. With reproach mingled with contempt; scurrilously.

 

OPPROBRIOUSNESS

n.Reproachfulness mingled with contempt; scurrility.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OPPROBRIOUS

Op *pro "bri *ous, a. Etym: [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. Addison.

 

2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name. This dark, opprobrious den of shame. Milton. -- Op *pro "bri *ous *ly, adv. -- Op *pro "bri *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

opprobrious

op pro bri ous |əˈprōbrēəs əˈproʊbriəs | ▶adjective (of language ) expressing opprobrium. DERIVATIVES op pro bri ous ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin opprobriosus, from opprobrium (see opprobrium ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

opprobrious

opprobrious |əˈprəʊbrɪəs | ▶adjective (of language ) expressing scorn or criticism. DERIVATIVES opprobriously adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin opprobriosus, from opprobrium (see opprobrium ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

opprobrious

opprobrious adjective he was embarrassed by his father's opprobrious remarks: abusive, vituperative, derogatory, disparaging, denigratory, pejorative, deprecatory, insulting, offensive, defamatory, vitriolic, libelous, venomous; scornful, contemptuous, derisive; informal bitchy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

opprobrious

opprobrious adjective a couple of students shouted opprobrious remarks at him: abusive, vituperative, derogatory, disparaging, denigratory, pejorative, deprecatory, insulting, offensive, defamatory, slanderous, libellous, scurrilous, scandalous, vitriolic, venomous; scornful, contemptuous, derisive; informal bitchy; archaic contumelious; rare calumnious, calumniatory, aspersive.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

opprobrious

op pro bri ous /əpróʊbriəs /形容詞 口汚い ; 下品な ; 不面目な .～ly 副詞