Op‐pro″bri‐ous (?), a. [L. opprobriosus, fr. opprobrium. See Opprobrium.] 1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
They... vindicate themselves in terms no less opprobrious than those by which they are attacked. Addison.
2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name.
This dark, opprobrious den of shame. Milton.
— Op‐pro″bri‐ous‐ly, adv. — Op‐pro″bri‐ous‐ness, n.