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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Other titles include The Woman in White, about diplomat and political operative Tamar Golan, and Out at Six, examining abusive relationships.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
26 May 2026
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Michael is given more space to grapple with his monstrous, abusive father.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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In November 2022, for example, one indigenous witness reported seeing members of notorious paramilitary group Comandos de la Frontera playing soccer on protected Awá Curanzu lands with contractors for Gran Tierra.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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LLMs are notorious for hallucinating and producing believable but incorrect or misleading text.—
Jochen Deister,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The comments were not well received, with locals telling BBC Scotland News that the description was insulting and did not reflect the people in the area.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 May 2026
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Instead, this just looks like virtue signaling to justify his controversial move to Baton Rouge, which is insulting to people actually affected by what the University of Mississippi represents.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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De Ravin also appeared in the remake of The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Michael Mann’s Public Enemies (2009), and the infamous Remember Me (2010) with Robert Pattinson.—
Andrew Walsh,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
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No one argues that the Honduran with a criminal record shouldn’t have been picked up and sent to the infamous ICE holding facility in Broadview, the western suburb in Cook County, which last fall was the target of numerous protests by anti-immigration demonstrators.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
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Publishing a novel is an act of outrageous ego.—
Ian Mackenzie,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Picking up the story five years after this group of hedonistic teens graduated high school, season three feels tailor-made for the attention economy of today, where the algorithm encourages us to engage with polarizing and outrageous content.—
Louis Staples,
Glamour,
27 May 2026
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When continuity of care breaks down, the consequences eventually reappear inside emergency rooms, homeless shelters and criminal justice systems.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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The erosion of due process when AI mediates government decisions in welfare, immigration, and the criminal justice system.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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That’s enough to send Tom over the edge, screaming at his boss about how his obscene hobby doesn’t give him any idea what war is really like.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
24 May 2026
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Russian authorities continue to pay obscene sums for those willing to sign up.—
Daniel DePetris,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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After a long weekend that sent people in Britain flocking to beaches, pools and shady parks, London commuters sweltered on Tuesday in subway carriages without air conditioning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 May 2026
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El Claustro, under cloister vaults, is perfect for a shady mid-day lunch of temperature-recalibrating ceviche.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 May 2026
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“Opprobrious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opprobrious. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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