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opprobrium

 
Dictionary: op·pro·bri·um   (ə-prō'brē-əm) pronunciation
n.
  1. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
  2. Scornful reproach or contempt: a term of opprobrium.
  3. A cause of shame or disgrace.

[Latin, from opprobrāre, to reproach : ob-, against; see ob- + probum, reproach.]


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n

Definition: disgrace
Antonyms: honor

n

Definition: vilification
Antonyms: praise


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something that brings disgrace; infamy, contempt
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - misbilligelse, kritik, vanære

Nederlands (Dutch)
smaad, schande

Français (French)
n. - mépris, opprobre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schande

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υβρεολόγιο, επιτίμηση, όνειδος

Italiano (Italian)
obbrobrio, vituperio, infamia, orrore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - opróbrio (m), injúria, desonra

Русский (Russian)
негодование, презрение

Español (Spanish)
n. - oprobio, deshonor, ignominia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - smälek, vanära

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
耻辱, 咒骂

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 恥辱, 咒罵

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 오명, 비난

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 汚名, 恥辱, 軽蔑, 非難, 不名誉

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عمل مخز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גידוף, עלבון, בושה‬


 
 
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