opprobrium

1 state of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn: obloquy]

2 a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city" [syn: infamy] [ant: fame]

English

Noun

opprobrium

1. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
2. Scornful reproach or contempt

   Don't give him a term of opprobrium.

3. A cause of shame or disgrace.

Synonyms

blame, castigation, censure, curse, defamation, derision, insults, invective, kicking around, knifing, libel, pushing around, quinine, reproach, revilement, scolding, screwing, signifying, slander, swearing, tirade, upbraiding, vilification, vituperation

abuse, calumny, contumely, degradation, demotion, depluming, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, displuming, disrepute, ignobility, ignominiousness, ignominy, infamousness, infamy, ingloriousness, invective, loss of honor, obloquy, odium, revilement, scurrility, shame, vilification, vituperation