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opprobrious

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opprobrious in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. expressing offensive reproach
    abusive  opprobrious  scurrilous 
  2. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
    "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"
    black  disgraceful  ignominious  inglorious  opprobrious  shameful 
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