Definition of "opprobrium" []

• Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy. (noun)
• Scornful reproach or contempt: a term of opprobrium. (noun)
• A cause of shame or disgrace. (noun)

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• "Of course, most transgenerational obligations run the other way -- from parents to children -- and of these the most obvious candidate for opprobrium is our wasteful attitude toward the planet's natural resources and ecology."
• "That if worse things mean the opprobrium is excessive, then things less bad — many of which involve talk – mean the opprobrium is too low."
• "Rather than rain opprobrium on the "inexperienced bicyclists" perhaps it can be stated that there were just too many cyclists."