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as in scandal
a cause of shame
saw no reason why "secretary" should suddenly become a term of opprobrium among the politically correct
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as in disgrace
the state of having lost the esteem of others
the opprobrium that was long attached to the convicted embezzler's name
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Recent Examples of opprobrium
That means there’s far less internal pressure to bring an end to a war that has sparked domestic protests, brought international opprobrium on Israel, and battered its economy.
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Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Extravagant, graphic gore; not to mention public opprobrium and shame.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 30 Sep. 2024
Moreover, global catastrophes such as the Ukraine war and Gaza crisis have stoked inflation and public opprobrium respectively.
—Charlie Campbell / Kulim, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The opprobrium that is now starting to stick to supersized pickup trucks has mostly ignored the humble van.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
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Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Extravagant, graphic gore; not to mention public opprobrium and shame.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 30 Sep. 2024
Moreover, global catastrophes such as the Ukraine war and Gaza crisis have stoked inflation and public opprobrium respectively.
—Charlie Campbell / Kulim, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The opprobrium that is now starting to stick to supersized pickup trucks has mostly ignored the humble van.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opprobrium
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Hammer also discussed the scandal that brought down his career, which included claims of BDSM and cannibalism.K.J. Yossman, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
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In 1967, the Missoni presentation at Palazzo Pitti became a scandal because the pair had sent models down the runway braless in lamé tops.Luisa Zargani, WWD, 2 Jan. 2025
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This team is a disgrace; sadly, the players seem to realize it.Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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In a shocking twist, Gi-hun wins the game but refuses to claim his prize when Sang-woo takes his own life rather than face defeat and disgrace.Jane LaCroix, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Knowing you all are there, anonymous, in the seedy place together, can quickly endear you to other users with expediency and a total absence of shame.Fran Tirado, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
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Scrabble is Phillips’s obsession, a not-necessarily-healthy replacement for alcohol addiction, a compulsion that holds a hint of shame.Longreads, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
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Justice Eddins showed contempt for the U.S. Supreme Court in an interview with Slate.com earlier this year.David Blackmon, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Featuring a bubbe’s visible contempt for a Star Wars ride and everything starring Ellie the Elephant.Britina Cheng, Vulture, 28 Dec. 2024
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Pashinyan had led the movement to oust Moscow’s influence in Armenia; he was now saddled with the odium of losing Karabakh on his watch.Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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By making such statements with actual malice to the public and also through social media, each of the defendants knew or should have known that their comments would be widely disseminated, exposing Judge Moore to disgrace, ridicule, odium and contempt resulting in compensatory and punitive damages.Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2022
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“Opprobrium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opprobrium. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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