opprobrium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
    obloquy.
  2. noun a state of extreme dishonor
    infamy.
    • a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt
    • the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city

WordNet

Op*pro"bri*um noun
Etymology
L., fr. ob (see Ob-) + probrum reproach, disgrace.
Definitions
  1. Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive language.
    Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. De Quincey.

Webster 1913