[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

opprobrious \oppro"brious\, a. l. opprobriosus, fr.
   opprobrium. see opprobrium.
   1. expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful;
      scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
      1913 webster

            they . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less
            opprobrious than those by which they are attacked.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

   2. infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious
      name.
      1913 webster

            this dark, opprobrious den of shame.  --milton.
      1913 webster -- oppro"briously, adv. --
      oppro"briousness, n.
      1913 webster
see also:
opprobrium oppro"briously oppro"briousness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

opprobrious
     adj 1: expressing offensive reproach syn: abusive, insulting,
            scornful, scurrilous
     2: used of conduct or character deserving or bringing
        disgrace or shame; "man...has written one of his blackest
        records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- rachel
        carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an
        opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display
        of cowardice" syn: black, disgraceful, ignominious,
         inglorious, shameful
see also:
abusive insulting scornful scurrilous black disgraceful 
ignominious inglorious shameful 

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