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op·pro·bri·ous
/əˈprobriəs/
(
a
.)嘴不干淨的,無禮的,粗野的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Op·pro·bri·ous
a.
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.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
opprobrious
adj
1:
expressing
offensive
reproach
[
syn
:
abusive
,
insulting
,
scornful
,
scurrilous
]
2: (
used
of
conduct
or
character
)
deserving
or
bringing
disgrace
or
shame
; "Man...has
written
one
of
his
blackest
records
as
a
destroyer
on
the
oceanic
islands
"-
Rachel
Carson
; "
an
ignominious
retreat
"; "
inglorious
defeat
"; "
an
opprobrious
monument
to
human
greed
"; "
a
shameful
display
of
cowardice
" [
syn
:
black
,
disgraceful
,
ignominious
,
inglorious
,
shameful
]
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