Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: opprobrium
IPA transcription: [əpɹ'oʊbɹiəm]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: infamy, opprobrium
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: obloquy, opprobrium
    Meaning: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
Usage examples
  • These objects, chiefly selected by Cole, were arranged by him for exhibition in temporary buildings of such extreme and repulsive inconvenience as to bring opprobrium and ridicule upon the undertaking.