🔤 Opprobrium (Noun)
IPA: //əˈprəʊbriəm//
✨ Use opprobrium when you need a powerful word for the fallout of a moral or social failure.
🧠 Meaning
Harsh criticism or public disgrace arising from shameful conduct.
✍️ Example Sentences
🔹 The athlete faced national opprobrium after being caught cheating.
🔹 He lived in quiet exile, unable to escape the opprobrium of his scandalous past.
📜 Word Origin
From Latin opprobrium, meaning "disgrace, infamy," derived from opprobrare — "to reproach" or "to scorn."
💡 Did You Know?
Opprobrium isn’t just criticism—it’s the kind of condemnation that leaves a stain on someone’s reputation.
🏷️ Related Words
#disgrace
#shame
#condemnation
#vilification
#scandal
#dishonor
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