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as in scandal
a cause of shame
saw no reason why "secretary" should suddenly become a term of opprobrium among the politically correct
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as in disgrace
the state of having lost the esteem of others
the opprobrium that was long attached to the convicted embezzler's name
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Recent Examples of opprobrium
Annexation in any form would undoubtedly be met with international opprobrium, threats of sanctions, and further isolation of Israel on the world stage.
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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
The opprobrium was far from just domestic, with leaders across Europe voicing their disquiet and urging Zelenskyy to rethink.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 July 2025
The eighteenth century also saw the rise of opprobrium for couples made of tall women and short men.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2025
Only to then endure opprobrium being unfairly dumped on her from wimps who should’ve known — and who should’ve behaved — better toward her when the Disney dud was released.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 June 2025
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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
The opprobrium was far from just domestic, with leaders across Europe voicing their disquiet and urging Zelenskyy to rethink.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 July 2025
The eighteenth century also saw the rise of opprobrium for couples made of tall women and short men.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2025
Only to then endure opprobrium being unfairly dumped on her from wimps who should’ve known — and who should’ve behaved — better toward her when the Disney dud was released.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opprobrium
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But mistrust around vaccines persists, fueled by historic public health scandals like the Tuskegee Study, where a group of Black men were misled to believe they were being treated for syphilis between 1932 and 1972.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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Continue reading … HONOR CODE BUST – Navy scandal rocks Democratic candidate as new poll shows gubernatorial race tied.—
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FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The ladies move closer to God through acts of disobedience, debauchery, and disgrace; by visiting seedy places and commingling with the disreputable.—
Nicole Flattery,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Ireland didn’t disgrace themselves, but using four bowlers in the first four overs said everything about where their problems were in the first-ever T20 game hosted against their nearest neighbor.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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And on the top right are the inhibitory emotions — emotions like anxiety, shame and guilt; their job is to push down our core emotions, which are at the bottom of the triangle.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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Being intimate with Olivia helped my shame dissipate.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
25 Sep. 2025
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Trump’s contempt for legal norms and Guantánamo’s legacy of ambiguous legality are thus a fitting match, however disturbing that compatibility may be.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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Franklin and Valley have appealed that contempt of court ruling to the Arkansas Supreme Court.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Sep. 2025
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Pashinyan had led the movement to oust Moscow’s influence in Armenia; he was now saddled with the odium of losing Karabakh on his watch.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2024
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By making such statements with actual malice to the public and also through social media, each of the defendants knew or should have known that their comments would be widely disseminated, exposing Judge Moore to disgrace, ridicule, odium and contempt resulting in compensatory and punitive damages.—
Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com,
al,
29 Nov. 2022
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The American team was in danger of complete humiliation, but on Sunday the US golfers managed to recover and almost pulled off what would have been arguably the greatest comeback in sports.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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Podcast host Sinek jokingly asked if that was the price of humiliation.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Opprobrium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opprobrium. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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