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opprobrium

uh prohb ree uhm

  • n  state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  • n  a state of extreme dishonor
    the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city

  • But the opprobrium has taken on a distinctly unpleasant edge in recent weeks as a wave of nationalist anger has roiled China.
  • Perfecting Verbal Abuse Reinhold Aman is the name in pejoration, not to mention invective, vituperation, obloquy, opprobrium, objurgation, abusive epithets and.
  • It's a measure of how cool Taiwan has become that the case has triggered none of the opprobrium that would have been knee-jerk just 10 years ago.
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  • The View from Nintendo’s Cindy Gordon at E3 2013
    What an E3. Sony came out swinging, all but weaponizing the PlayStation 4 with an arsenal of promises about used games, game lending and offline play. Microsoft spent much of the show deflecting media opprobrium about the Xbox One’s less consumer-friendly take on those points, wheeling out games, games and more games like a lion tamer trying to stay one step ahead of the lions. And Nintendo…well ...
    June 14, 2013 - Techland
Quotes

  • Reggie B Walton in Washington Post
    The court has received more than 150 sentencing letters in this case, some urging leniency for the defendant and some expressing opprobrium at the defendant's actions and calling for the imposition of a substantial prison sentence,Walton wrote.
  • Fidel Castro in International Herald Tribune
    This unabated violence by the LTTE should attract the opprobrium of the entire civilized world. It is a reminder to the international community, and to the Tamil people, that the LTTE remains an organization dedicated to pursue violent means,... Mahinda Rajapakse http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGCxFY-mJhkbwSunXkKs-N_swqlyA Bangkok Post http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php%3Fid%3D105341&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFOwVSG7an5kmhXaGS2bLYL4i7byw Jun 26, 2006 69968 93508 opprobrium Cuban President Fidel Castro, a key backer of Ortega's radical government in the 1980s, said Ortega's win fills our people with joy, at the same time filling the terrorist and genocidal government of the United States with opprobrium."

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