Thesaurus / opprobrium
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Powell deserves opprobrium for defying Clinton, rallying opposition, and allowing 60,000 troops under his command to suffer the indignity of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
‘DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL’ CLOUDS POWELL’S LEGACYC. DIXON OSBURNOCTOBER 18, 2021WASHINGTON BLADERemember this: if you are discovered, we shall all abandon you; we shall even cast, if necessary, opprobrium and infamy upon you.
CATHERINE DE' MEDICIHONORE DE BALZACThe age of strikes had not yet arrived, and they preferred opprobrium with a little money to honour and an empty treasury.
QUEENS OF THE FRENCH STAGEH. NOEL WILLIAMSTalents of the rarest order, or regarded as such, do not efface the opprobrium of a dissolute life.
QUEENS OF THE FRENCH STAGEH. NOEL WILLIAMSBut the common epithet of opprobrium is justly bestowed, and marks a right feeling.
THE STONES OF VENICE, VOLUME I (OF 3)JOHN RUSKINIt was a monstrous corruption in legislation, which not even the great name of Henry Clay could shield from subsequent opprobrium.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 14, NO. 81, JULY, 1864VARIOUSAnd the fellow grinned as though he had not turned what might have been a term of friendship into one of pure opprobrium.
NOTES OF A CAMP-FOLLOWER ON THE WESTERN FRONTE. W. HORNUNGHe was bound that no one should accuse him of marrying a false woman, even if he must bear the opprobrium of her death.
THAT AFFAIR NEXT DOORANNA KATHARINE GREENIt is an expression of opprobrium to find people stiff-necked.
REVISITING THE EARTHJAMES LANGDON HILLOn the other hand, the only term of opprobrium which can be felt by these people is that of "Missourian."
FRONTIER FOLKGEORGE BOOTHWORDS RELATED TO OPPROBRIUM
- black list
- blackball
- blame
- boo
- boycott
- brickbat
- call down
- castigation
- catcall
- censure
- criticism
- denunciation
- deprecation
- disapprobation
- discontent
- disfavor
- dislike
- disparagement
- displeasure
- dissatisfaction
- hiss
- nix
- objection
- opprobrium
- ostracism
- reproach
- reproof
- slap on wrist
- stricture
- thumbs-down
- vitriol
- zing
- abasement
- abuse
- baseness
- black eye
- blemish
- blur
- brand
- comedown
- contempt
- contumely
- corruption
- culpability
- debasement
- debasing
- defamation
- degradation
- derision
- disbarment
- discredit
- disesteem
- disfavor
- dishonor
- disrepute
- disrespect
- humbling
- humiliation
- ignominy
- ill repute
- infamy
- ingloriousness
- meanness
- obloquy
- odium
- opprobrium
- pollution
- prostitution
- put down
- reproach
- scandal
- scorn
- slander
- slight
- slur
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- taint
- tarnish
- turpitude
- venality
- abomination
- atrocity
- disapprobation
- discredit
- disesteem
- disgrace
- disgracefulness
- dishonor
- dishonorableness
- disreputability
- disreputableness
- disrepute
- enormity
- evil
- ignominy
- immorality
- impropriety
- notoriety
- notoriousness
- obloquy
- odium
- opprobrium
- outrageousness
- scandal
- shame
- shamefulness
- stigma
- villainy
- wickedness
- abasement
- abuse
- bad name
- bad odor
- baseness
- black eye
- blemish
- blur
- brand
- comedown
- contempt
- contumely
- corruption
- culpability
- debasement
- debasing
- defamation
- degradation
- derision
- disbarment
- discredit
- disesteem
- disfavor
- dishonor
- disrepute
- disrespect
- humbling
- humiliation
- ignominy
- infamy
- ingloriousness
- meanness
- obloquy
- odium
- opprobrium
- pollution
- prostitution
- put down
- reproach
- scandal
- scorn
- shame
- slander
- slight
- slur
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- taint
- tarnish
- turpitude
- venality
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