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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
Even though Russia’s election interference in 2016 attracted a great deal of public opprobrium in the United States, the Kremlin and other autocratic governments still seek to influence how Americans think and perceive the world.
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David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
But among watch cognoscenti, the timepiece attracted instant opprobrium.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
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.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Extravagant, graphic gore; not to mention public opprobrium and shame.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 30 Sep. 2024
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David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
But among watch cognoscenti, the timepiece attracted instant opprobrium.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
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.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Extravagant, graphic gore; not to mention public opprobrium and shame.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opprobrium
Noun
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Gascón attended the César ceremony in Paris, even walking the red carpet, marking her first public appearance since the scandal erupted.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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Casey’s behavior, then and now, makes a compelling argument that not every public scandal needs to be relitigated, nor does every headline-grabbing criminal case need to be perpetually thrust again and again into the public eye.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
4 Mar. 2025
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And this statement is a disgrace to the DOJ and the rule of law.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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Multiple clubs were sold in the aftermath, while a long list of coaches and general managers were dismissed or stepped down in disgrace.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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The production has a lot of recorded sound and this has its issues; some of the language therein is inaudible, which is a shame, albeit something easily corrected.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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No American travels abroad without blushing for shame for his country on this subject.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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With contempt and termination by an unelected billionaire who never served in a uniform in his life.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2025
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People were simply happy to see each other again, having gone through the final season boycott and reverse boycott together and unified in their disdain for A’s owner John Fisher but with no contempt for the players and coaches who had no choice but to follow their job out of town.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2025
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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 | [email protected],
al,
29 Nov. 2022
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“Opprobrium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opprobrium. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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