1
as in abusive
marked by harsh insulting language
an opprobrious attack on the alleged corruption in the police department
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2
as in notorious
not respectable
contends that visiting a brothel is the sort of opprobrious conduct for which a public official should be censured
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Recent Examples of opprobrious
Honor is not, in Mr. Sommers’s view, without its opprobrious aspects, not least its association with violence.
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Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2018
Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for opprobrious
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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence software, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people without their consent, despite his company’s pledge months ago to halt abusive deepfakes after a public backlash and government investigations.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
14 Apr. 2026
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Lee Milne, 40, was sentenced to eight years in prison following his conviction in Glasgow’s High Court for culpable homicide and engaging in abusive behavior.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Decades later, the director admitted much of the notorious shockumentary was staged, though audiences continue to believe some segments are authentic footage.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Most of the latest atrocities have been blamed on the RSF and their Janjaweed allies — Arab militias that were notorious for atrocities in the early 2000s against people identifying as East or Central African in Darfur.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Survivors rejected the offer, calling it insulting.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The cast’s sole survivor is Jessica Hecht, who pours miraculous warmth and complexity into her faintly insulting role as Colleen, the head teller, a morally upright spinster goosed by her flirtation with Sonny and the spotlight.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The museum also does not shy away from presenting one of the state’s most infamous racial killings, that of Emmett Till.—
Gary Fields,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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The museum also does not shy away from presenting one of the state's most infamous racial killings, that of Emmett Till.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Geno Auriemma’s behavior at the women’s Final Four was outrageous and unprofessional.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
8 Apr. 2026
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The park also just remodeled its 72-year-old Bird Cage Theatre, home to outrageous vaudeville-style shows, where a young Steve Martin once performed.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The laws, which her party backed in recent years, eliminated preliminary detention in certain cases and raised the threshold for seizing criminal assets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The only real threat is a whistleblower, like an outcast kid overhearing the whole criminal scheme from the floor below his mother’s office.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
12 Apr. 2026
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Weapon violations dropped more than 13%, and crimes involving pornography or obscene material were down more than 23%, according to the report.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
8 Apr. 2026
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Do better, or consider hiring people who paint a vivid enough picture with words rather than having to lean on photographers who seem to have an obscene bloodlust.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, Wagner uses his corrupt politician father’s connections to stage a meeting for him and Morgan with Willa Quinn (Jennifer Jason Leigh), the shady political fixer connected to the disappearance of Morgan’s ex, Roman, 15 years ago.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
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Wagner had only occasional presence and went MIA for awhile, coming across as a shady character and a possible villain who was set up as a potential love interest for Morgan early on.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Opprobrious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opprobrious. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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