Noun(1) state of disgrace resulting from public abuse,a state of extreme dishonor,disgrace(2) state of disgrace resulting from public abuse(3) a state of extreme dishonor(4) disgrace
Noun(1) state of disgrace resulting from public abuse,a state of extreme dishonor,disgrace(2) state of disgrace resulting from public abuse(3) a state of extreme dishonor(4) disgrace
(1) the opprobrium of being closely associated with thugs and gangsters(2) his films and the critical opprobrium they have generated(3) But we have the right, or even the duty, to greet many ideas (bigotries, superstitions) with opprobrium and ridicule.(4) Terzani eventually earned the Chinese government's opprobrium and was expelled in 1984 for counter-revolutionary activities.(5) And having more than you can conceivably use of such objects is not met with opprobrium but with genial acceptance.(6) After all, securing broad public approval or at least avoiding public opprobrium is crucial for their long term financial survival.(7) Despite his outsider status and the opprobrium it generates, he won't give in.(8) For some they are a source of middle-class opprobrium , while for others they are an art form, reflecting social, political and cultural change.(9) Social opprobrium also once greeted adopted children, stepchildren, and even the only child, not to mention the children of interracial couples.(10) Ransome-Kuti's sense of social responsibility overrode his apprehension of the social stigma and opprobrium that might affect his extended family.(11) I have been heaped with some opprobrium by opponents of the project.(12) They are deeply uneasy with social instruments like shame or opprobrium , which smack of big-nosed authoritarianism in a new guise.(13) Only my friends appreciate how utterly uncharacteristic this is, but I've long ceased worrying about public opprobrium .(14) Not coincidentally, perhaps, the British have more popular terms of opprobrium for their European neighbors than does any other people.(15) The most striking element of their behaviour has been a capacity to follow every bad decision with a worse one, combining wrong-headedness with moral weakness to create layer upon layer of confusion, embarrassment and opprobrium .(16) They may want to avoid some of the social opprobrium that they might still face as homosexuals.
