op·pro·bri·ous /əˈprobriəs/
(a.)嘴不干淨的,無禮的,粗野的
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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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]