Definition of opprobrium in English:

opprobrium

noun əˈprəʊbrɪəməˈproʊbriəm

mass noun

1Harsh criticism or censure.
训斥，辱骂
the critical opprobrium generated by his films
他的电影招来的严厉批评。
Example sentencesExamples
- Terzani eventually earned the Chinese government's opprobrium and was expelled in 1984 for counter-revolutionary activities.
- By the time of his death in 2001, of course, he had become a respected conventional artist, but in those days he had attracted much opprobrium by his contempt for the art world and his refusal to conform in any way to its conventions.
- Indeed, stepping over the party line on this subject can result in ostracism, opprobrium and banishment to career Siberias.
- You get nothing back but opprobrium, abuse, and ostracism.
- If all of us punish the new usage with ridicule and opprobrium, maybe we can reverse this loss to language.
- And he will find himself targeted for opprobrium by others who presently portray him as a politician of Churchillian stature.
- Liberalism does not mean withholding criticism, judgement, or moral opprobrium.
- Freedom Party officials say he doesn't want the increased international opprobrium that would have fallen on him and Austria if he had won a second election outright.
- Despite his outsider status and the opprobrium it generates, he won't give in.
- For some they are a source of middle-class opprobrium, while for others they are an art form, reflecting social, political and cultural change.
- I have been heaped with some opprobrium by opponents of the project.
- As for why door blockers, pole huggers and other egregious violators of subway etiquette do not experience the same opprobrium, perhaps another study is in order.
- His follow-up picture Assassin premiered at Cannes in 1997 to particularly dismissive critical opprobrium and never earned a release in the UK.
- The fact that some of these constraints will manifest themselves as moral opprobrium and self-regulation makes it all the more worrying.
- But we have the right, or even the duty, to greet many ideas (bigotries, superstitions) with opprobrium and ridicule.
- Of course politicians choose to be public figures and they know it opens them up to the likelihood of public criticism and general opprobrium.
- The crime of genocide is singled out for special condemnation and opprobrium.
- And having more than you can conceivably use of such objects is not met with opprobrium but with genial acceptance.
- Not coincidentally, perhaps, the British have more popular terms of opprobrium for their European neighbors than does any other people.
- But even if true, it is no necessary cause for opprobrium.
Synonyms
vilification, abuse, vituperation, condemnation, criticism, censure, castigation, denunciation, defamation, denigration, disparagement, obloquy, derogation, slander, revilement, reviling, calumny, calumniation, execration, excoriation, lambasting, upbraiding, bad press, character assassination, attack, invective, libel, insults, aspersions
informal flak, mud-slinging, bad-mouthing, tongue-lashing
British informal stick, verbal, slagging off
archaic contumely
rare animadversion, objurgation
1. 1.1 Public disgrace arising from shameful conduct.
  耻辱，恶名；侮辱
  the opprobrium of being closely associated with gangsters
  与恶棍匪徒交往甚密的恶名。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Given that secrecy is the norm, however, the public does not attach great opprobrium to those who engage in the practice.
  His collecting and building did not earn him public opprobrium, as did George IV's, nor were his cultural activities seen as politically suspect, like Charles I's.
  Fearing social opprobrium if it was known that she had two illegitimate children - she had been passing as Mrs Imlay in public - Mary persuaded Godwin to marry her.
  They may want to avoid some of the social opprobrium that they might still face as homosexuals.
  Free of bias, it may not subject us to personal embarrassment or opprobrium in public - as may a human agent of the state.
  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.
  If a politician has been subject to public opprobrium they are legitimate targets for a media hate campaign.
  Cheryl doesn't have to worry about social opprobrium - she will be dead by lunchtime.
  Any hint of public opprobrium at ‘shacking up’ has vanished.
  Apparently fearful of public opprobrium, companies have been spurred to reduce toxic emissions on their own.
  For now, officials trying to protect the public risk punishment and opprobrium, while terrorists trying to invade and destroy the country enjoy politically motivated protection.
  ‘I'm indifferent to opprobrium and disfavor,’ he says cheerfully.
  Apart from all that social opprobrium, which existed particularly in those days, going through divorce involves a lot of reconstruction of identity and self-examination.
  They are deeply uneasy with social instruments like shame or opprobrium, which smack of big-nosed authoritarianism in a new guise.
  Social opprobrium also once greeted adopted children, stepchildren, and even the only child, not to mention the children of interracial couples.
  Few of the participants appeared to have coped with their relationship disappointments and social opprobrium without considerable mental effort.
  Few white women were willing to risk the social opprobrium that open racial alliances might attract.
  After all, securing broad public approval or at least avoiding public opprobrium is crucial for their long term financial survival.
  Ransome-Kuti's sense of social responsibility overrode his apprehension of the social stigma and opprobrium that might affect his extended family.
  Only my friends appreciate how utterly uncharacteristic this is, but I've long ceased worrying about public opprobrium.
  Synonyms
  disgrace, shame, dishonour, discredit, stigma, humiliation, loss of face, ignominy, odium, obloquy, disfavour, disrepute, ill repute, infamy, notoriety, scandal, stain
  rare disesteem
2. 1.2archaic count noun An occasion or cause of reproach or disgrace.
  〈古〉受责（或受辱）之缘由

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin, literally 'infamy', from opprobrum, from ob- 'against' + probrum 'disgraceful act'.

Definition of opprobrium in US English:

opprobrium

nounəˈproʊbriəməˈprōbrēəm

1Harsh criticism or censure.
训斥，辱骂
his films and the critical opprobrium they have generated
Example sentencesExamples
- You get nothing back but opprobrium, abuse, and ostracism.
- Freedom Party officials say he doesn't want the increased international opprobrium that would have fallen on him and Austria if he had won a second election outright.
- And having more than you can conceivably use of such objects is not met with opprobrium but with genial acceptance.
- But even if true, it is no necessary cause for opprobrium.
- Liberalism does not mean withholding criticism, judgement, or moral opprobrium.
- By the time of his death in 2001, of course, he had become a respected conventional artist, but in those days he had attracted much opprobrium by his contempt for the art world and his refusal to conform in any way to its conventions.
- Of course politicians choose to be public figures and they know it opens them up to the likelihood of public criticism and general opprobrium.
- And he will find himself targeted for opprobrium by others who presently portray him as a politician of Churchillian stature.
- The crime of genocide is singled out for special condemnation and opprobrium.
- Terzani eventually earned the Chinese government's opprobrium and was expelled in 1984 for counter-revolutionary activities.
- Not coincidentally, perhaps, the British have more popular terms of opprobrium for their European neighbors than does any other people.
- Indeed, stepping over the party line on this subject can result in ostracism, opprobrium and banishment to career Siberias.
- As for why door blockers, pole huggers and other egregious violators of subway etiquette do not experience the same opprobrium, perhaps another study is in order.
- The fact that some of these constraints will manifest themselves as moral opprobrium and self-regulation makes it all the more worrying.
- But we have the right, or even the duty, to greet many ideas (bigotries, superstitions) with opprobrium and ridicule.
- I have been heaped with some opprobrium by opponents of the project.
- If all of us punish the new usage with ridicule and opprobrium, maybe we can reverse this loss to language.
- For some they are a source of middle-class opprobrium, while for others they are an art form, reflecting social, political and cultural change.
- Despite his outsider status and the opprobrium it generates, he won't give in.
- His follow-up picture Assassin premiered at Cannes in 1997 to particularly dismissive critical opprobrium and never earned a release in the UK.
Synonyms
vilification, abuse, vituperation, condemnation, criticism, censure, castigation, denunciation, defamation, denigration, disparagement, obloquy, derogation, slander, revilement, reviling, calumny, calumniation, execration, excoriation, lambasting, upbraiding, bad press, character assassination, attack, invective, libel, insults, aspersions
1. 1.1 The public disgrace arising from someone's shameful conduct.
  耻辱，恶名；侮辱
  the opprobrium of being closely associated with thugs and gangsters
  与恶棍匪徒交往甚密的恶名。
  Example sentencesExamples
  His collecting and building did not earn him public opprobrium, as did George IV's, nor were his cultural activities seen as politically suspect, like Charles I's.
  ‘I'm indifferent to opprobrium and disfavor,’ he says cheerfully.
  Only my friends appreciate how utterly uncharacteristic this is, but I've long ceased worrying about public opprobrium.
  Ransome-Kuti's sense of social responsibility overrode his apprehension of the social stigma and opprobrium that might affect his extended family.
  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.
  After all, securing broad public approval or at least avoiding public opprobrium is crucial for their long term financial survival.
  Apparently fearful of public opprobrium, companies have been spurred to reduce toxic emissions on their own.
  Apart from all that social opprobrium, which existed particularly in those days, going through divorce involves a lot of reconstruction of identity and self-examination.
  Given that secrecy is the norm, however, the public does not attach great opprobrium to those who engage in the practice.
  Social opprobrium also once greeted adopted children, stepchildren, and even the only child, not to mention the children of interracial couples.
  Few of the participants appeared to have coped with their relationship disappointments and social opprobrium without considerable mental effort.
  Fearing social opprobrium if it was known that she had two illegitimate children - she had been passing as Mrs Imlay in public - Mary persuaded Godwin to marry her.
  Cheryl doesn't have to worry about social opprobrium - she will be dead by lunchtime.
  Few white women were willing to risk the social opprobrium that open racial alliances might attract.
  They may want to avoid some of the social opprobrium that they might still face as homosexuals.
  Any hint of public opprobrium at ‘shacking up’ has vanished.
  Free of bias, it may not subject us to personal embarrassment or opprobrium in public - as may a human agent of the state.
  If a politician has been subject to public opprobrium they are legitimate targets for a media hate campaign.
  They are deeply uneasy with social instruments like shame or opprobrium, which smack of big-nosed authoritarianism in a new guise.
  For now, officials trying to protect the public risk punishment and opprobrium, while terrorists trying to invade and destroy the country enjoy politically motivated protection.
  Synonyms
  disgrace, shame, dishonour, discredit, stigma, humiliation, loss of face, ignominy, odium, obloquy, disfavour, disrepute, ill repute, infamy, notoriety, scandal, stain
2. 1.2archaic An occasion or cause of reproach or disgrace.
  〈古〉受责（或受辱）之缘由

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘infamy’, from opprobrum, from ob- ‘against’ + probrum ‘disgraceful act’.

词汇	opprobrium
释义	Definition of opprobrium in English: opprobrium noun əˈprəʊbrɪəməˈproʊbriəm mass noun 1Harsh criticism or censure. 训斥，辱骂 the critical opprobrium generated by his films 他的电影招来的严厉批评。 Example sentencesExamples Terzani eventually earned the Chinese government's opprobrium and was expelled in 1984 for counter-revolutionary activities. By the time of his death in 2001, of course, he had become a respected conventional artist, but in those days he had attracted much opprobrium by his contempt for the art world and his refusal to conform in any way to its conventions. Indeed, stepping over the party line on this subject can result in ostracism, opprobrium and banishment to career Siberias. You get nothing back but opprobrium, abuse, and ostracism. If all of us punish the new usage with ridicule and opprobrium, maybe we can reverse this loss to language. And he will find himself targeted for opprobrium by others who presently portray him as a politician of Churchillian stature. Liberalism does not mean withholding criticism, judgement, or moral opprobrium. Freedom Party officials say he doesn't want the increased international opprobrium that would have fallen on him and Austria if he had won a second election outright. Despite his outsider status and the opprobrium it generates, he won't give in. For some they are a source of middle-class opprobrium, while for others they are an art form, reflecting social, political and cultural change. I have been heaped with some opprobrium by opponents of the project. As for why door blockers, pole huggers and other egregious violators of subway etiquette do not experience the same opprobrium, perhaps another study is in order. His follow-up picture Assassin premiered at Cannes in 1997 to particularly dismissive critical opprobrium and never earned a release in the UK. The fact that some of these constraints will manifest themselves as moral opprobrium and self-regulation makes it all the more worrying. But we have the right, or even the duty, to greet many ideas (bigotries, superstitions) with opprobrium and ridicule. Of course politicians choose to be public figures and they know it opens them up to the likelihood of public criticism and general opprobrium. The crime of genocide is singled out for special condemnation and opprobrium. And having more than you can conceivably use of such objects is not met with opprobrium but with genial acceptance. Not coincidentally, perhaps, the British have more popular terms of opprobrium for their European neighbors than does any other people. But even if true, it is no necessary cause for opprobrium. Synonyms vilification, abuse, vituperation, condemnation, criticism, censure, castigation, denunciation, defamation, denigration, disparagement, obloquy, derogation, slander, revilement, reviling, calumny, calumniation, execration, excoriation, lambasting, upbraiding, bad press, character assassination, attack, invective, libel, insults, aspersions informal flak, mud-slinging, bad-mouthing, tongue-lashing British informal stick, verbal, slagging off archaic contumely rare animadversion, objurgation 1.1 Public disgrace arising from shameful conduct. 耻辱，恶名；侮辱 the opprobrium of being closely associated with gangsters 与恶棍匪徒交往甚密的恶名。 Example sentencesExamples Given that secrecy is the norm, however, the public does not attach great opprobrium to those who engage in the practice. His collecting and building did not earn him public opprobrium, as did George IV's, nor were his cultural activities seen as politically suspect, like Charles I's. Fearing social opprobrium if it was known that she had two illegitimate children - she had been passing as Mrs Imlay in public - Mary persuaded Godwin to marry her. They may want to avoid some of the social opprobrium that they might still face as homosexuals. Free of bias, it may not subject us to personal embarrassment or opprobrium in public - as may a human agent of the state. 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. If a politician has been subject to public opprobrium they are legitimate targets for a media hate campaign. Cheryl doesn't have to worry about social opprobrium - she will be dead by lunchtime. Any hint of public opprobrium at ‘shacking up’ has vanished. Apparently fearful of public opprobrium, companies have been spurred to reduce toxic emissions on their own. For now, officials trying to protect the public risk punishment and opprobrium, while terrorists trying to invade and destroy the country enjoy politically motivated protection. ‘I'm indifferent to opprobrium and disfavor,’ he says cheerfully. Apart from all that social opprobrium, which existed particularly in those days, going through divorce involves a lot of reconstruction of identity and self-examination. They are deeply uneasy with social instruments like shame or opprobrium, which smack of big-nosed authoritarianism in a new guise. Social opprobrium also once greeted adopted children, stepchildren, and even the only child, not to mention the children of interracial couples. Few of the participants appeared to have coped with their relationship disappointments and social opprobrium without considerable mental effort. Few white women were willing to risk the social opprobrium that open racial alliances might attract. After all, securing broad public approval or at least avoiding public opprobrium is crucial for their long term financial survival. Ransome-Kuti's sense of social responsibility overrode his apprehension of the social stigma and opprobrium that might affect his extended family. Only my friends appreciate how utterly uncharacteristic this is, but I've long ceased worrying about public opprobrium. Synonyms disgrace, shame, dishonour, discredit, stigma, humiliation, loss of face, ignominy, odium, obloquy, disfavour, disrepute, ill repute, infamy, notoriety, scandal, stain rare disesteem 1.2archaic count noun An occasion or cause of reproach or disgrace. 〈古〉受责（或受辱）之缘由 Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin, literally 'infamy', from opprobrum, from ob- 'against' + probrum 'disgraceful act'. Definition of opprobrium in US English: opprobrium nounəˈproʊbriəməˈprōbrēəm 1Harsh criticism or censure. 训斥，辱骂 his films and the critical opprobrium they have generated Example sentencesExamples You get nothing back but opprobrium, abuse, and ostracism. Freedom Party officials say he doesn't want the increased international opprobrium that would have fallen on him and Austria if he had won a second election outright. And having more than you can conceivably use of such objects is not met with opprobrium but with genial acceptance. But even if true, it is no necessary cause for opprobrium. Liberalism does not mean withholding criticism, judgement, or moral opprobrium. By the time of his death in 2001, of course, he had become a respected conventional artist, but in those days he had attracted much opprobrium by his contempt for the art world and his refusal to conform in any way to its conventions. Of course politicians choose to be public figures and they know it opens them up to the likelihood of public criticism and general opprobrium. And he will find himself targeted for opprobrium by others who presently portray him as a politician of Churchillian stature. The crime of genocide is singled out for special condemnation and opprobrium. Terzani eventually earned the Chinese government's opprobrium and was expelled in 1984 for counter-revolutionary activities. Not coincidentally, perhaps, the British have more popular terms of opprobrium for their European neighbors than does any other people. Indeed, stepping over the party line on this subject can result in ostracism, opprobrium and banishment to career Siberias. As for why door blockers, pole huggers and other egregious violators of subway etiquette do not experience the same opprobrium, perhaps another study is in order. The fact that some of these constraints will manifest themselves as moral opprobrium and self-regulation makes it all the more worrying. But we have the right, or even the duty, to greet many ideas (bigotries, superstitions) with opprobrium and ridicule. I have been heaped with some opprobrium by opponents of the project. If all of us punish the new usage with ridicule and opprobrium, maybe we can reverse this loss to language. For some they are a source of middle-class opprobrium, while for others they are an art form, reflecting social, political and cultural change. Despite his outsider status and the opprobrium it generates, he won't give in. His follow-up picture Assassin premiered at Cannes in 1997 to particularly dismissive critical opprobrium and never earned a release in the UK. Synonyms vilification, abuse, vituperation, condemnation, criticism, censure, castigation, denunciation, defamation, denigration, disparagement, obloquy, derogation, slander, revilement, reviling, calumny, calumniation, execration, excoriation, lambasting, upbraiding, bad press, character assassination, attack, invective, libel, insults, aspersions 1.1 The public disgrace arising from someone's shameful conduct. 耻辱，恶名；侮辱 the opprobrium of being closely associated with thugs and gangsters 与恶棍匪徒交往甚密的恶名。 Example sentencesExamples His collecting and building did not earn him public opprobrium, as did George IV's, nor were his cultural activities seen as politically suspect, like Charles I's. ‘I'm indifferent to opprobrium and disfavor,’ he says cheerfully. Only my friends appreciate how utterly uncharacteristic this is, but I've long ceased worrying about public opprobrium. Ransome-Kuti's sense of social responsibility overrode his apprehension of the social stigma and opprobrium that might affect his extended family. 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. After all, securing broad public approval or at least avoiding public opprobrium is crucial for their long term financial survival. Apparently fearful of public opprobrium, companies have been spurred to reduce toxic emissions on their own. Apart from all that social opprobrium, which existed particularly in those days, going through divorce involves a lot of reconstruction of identity and self-examination. Given that secrecy is the norm, however, the public does not attach great opprobrium to those who engage in the practice. Social opprobrium also once greeted adopted children, stepchildren, and even the only child, not to mention the children of interracial couples. Few of the participants appeared to have coped with their relationship disappointments and social opprobrium without considerable mental effort. Fearing social opprobrium if it was known that she had two illegitimate children - she had been passing as Mrs Imlay in public - Mary persuaded Godwin to marry her. Cheryl doesn't have to worry about social opprobrium - she will be dead by lunchtime. Few white women were willing to risk the social opprobrium that open racial alliances might attract. They may want to avoid some of the social opprobrium that they might still face as homosexuals. Any hint of public opprobrium at ‘shacking up’ has vanished. Free of bias, it may not subject us to personal embarrassment or opprobrium in public - as may a human agent of the state. If a politician has been subject to public opprobrium they are legitimate targets for a media hate campaign. They are deeply uneasy with social instruments like shame or opprobrium, which smack of big-nosed authoritarianism in a new guise. For now, officials trying to protect the public risk punishment and opprobrium, while terrorists trying to invade and destroy the country enjoy politically motivated protection. Synonyms disgrace, shame, dishonour, discredit, stigma, humiliation, loss of face, ignominy, odium, obloquy, disfavour, disrepute, ill repute, infamy, notoriety, scandal, stain 1.2archaic An occasion or cause of reproach or disgrace. 〈古〉受责（或受辱）之缘由 Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘infamy’, from opprobrum, from ob- ‘against’ + probrum ‘disgraceful act’.
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