Opprobrium
noun
Strong public criticism or disgrace.
She had to face the opprobrium of the community after her scam was exposed.
Often appears as...
- face the opprobrium
- brunt of opprobrium
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
noun
The shame resulting from being found guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.
The opprobrium that comes from stealing can last a lifetime.
Often appears as...
- live in opprobrium
- suffers opprobrium
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
noun
Strong public criticism or disgrace.
She had to face the opprobrium of the community after her scam was exposed.
Often appears as...
- face the opprobrium
- brunt of opprobrium
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
noun
The shame resulting from being found guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.
The opprobrium that comes from stealing can last a lifetime.
Often appears as...
- live in opprobrium
- suffers opprobrium
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Public Disgrace
Used to express community or public outrage, not personal feelings.
The politician's corruption brought opprobrium from the entire nation.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity of Criticism
Implies harsh and intense scorn from others, stronger than mere disapproval.
After the fraudulent activities came to light, she faced unprecedented opprobrium.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Personal Guilt
Focuses on public shaming, not an individual’s guilt or remorse.
He was spared the crime's consequences but not the social opprobrium.
Pro Tip 1/3Public Disgrace
Used to express community or public outrage, not personal feelings.
The politician's corruption brought opprobrium from the entire nation.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity of Criticism
Implies harsh and intense scorn from others, stronger than mere disapproval.
After the fraudulent activities came to light, she faced unprecedented opprobrium.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Personal Guilt
Focuses on public shaming, not an individual’s guilt or remorse.
He was spared the crime's consequences but not the social opprobrium.
Pro Tip 1/3Public Disgrace
Used to express community or public outrage, not personal feelings.
The politician's corruption brought opprobrium from the entire nation.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity of Criticism
Implies harsh and intense scorn from others, stronger than mere disapproval.
After the fraudulent activities came to light, she faced unprecedented opprobrium.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Personal Guilt
Focuses on public shaming, not an individual’s guilt or remorse.
He was spared the crime's consequences but not the social opprobrium.
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The price of shame PIPE...
Time to stop tiptoeing around my past, time to stop living a life of opprobrium and time to take back my narrative. It's also not just about saving myself.
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The price of shame PIPE...
Time to stop tiptoeing around my past, time to stop living a life of opprobrium and time to take back my narrative. It's also not just about saving myself.
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Quote examples
Neil Peart
Canadian Musician
It astonished me in the early Nineties to suddenly have musicians admit that they had been inspired and influenced by us. That meant a lot at that time. But of course, being human, the... disrespect isn't even strong enough a word, is it? The opprobrium was painful. Being popular and hated is not satisfying.
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Ian Lustick
American Historian
Israeli governments cling to the two-state notion because it seems to reflect the sentiments of the Jewish Israeli majority, and it shields the country from international opprobrium even as it camouflages relentless efforts to expand Israel's territory into the West Bank.
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Frank Sinatra
American Singer
Our civilization, such as it is, was shaped by religion, and the men who aspire to public office anyplace in the free world must make obeisance to God or risk immediate opprobrium.
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
American Politician
Welfare became a term of opprobrium - a contentious, often vindictive area of political conflict in which liberals and conservatives clashed and children were lost sight of.
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Tom Junod
American Journalist
We love football because the game of football is better than it has ever been, and is somehow managing to attain, at the same time, an apogee of opprobrium and excellence.
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Michael J. Knowles
American Author
Every theistic religion, including Catholicism, Mainline Protestantism, Judaism, Mormonism, and Islam, has traditionally held homosexual congress in moral opprobrium.
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Neil Peart
Canadian Musician
It astonished me in the early Nineties to suddenly have musicians admit that they had been inspired and influenced by us. That meant a lot at that time. But of course, being human, the... disrespect isn't even strong enough a word, is it? The opprobrium was painful. Being popular and hated is not satisfying.
Quote examples
Ian Lustick
American Historian
Israeli governments cling to the two-state notion because it seems to reflect the sentiments of the Jewish Israeli majority, and it shields the country from international opprobrium even as it camouflages relentless efforts to expand Israel's territory into the West Bank.
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Frank Sinatra
American Singer
Our civilization, such as it is, was shaped by religion, and the men who aspire to public office anyplace in the free world must make obeisance to God or risk immediate opprobrium.
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
American Politician
Welfare became a term of opprobrium - a contentious, often vindictive area of political conflict in which liberals and conservatives clashed and children were lost sight of.
Quote examples
Tom Junod
American Journalist
We love football because the game of football is better than it has ever been, and is somehow managing to attain, at the same time, an apogee of opprobrium and excellence.
Quote examples
Michael J. Knowles
American Author
Every theistic religion, including Catholicism, Mainline Protestantism, Judaism, Mormonism, and Islam, has traditionally held homosexual congress in moral opprobrium.
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