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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 op·pro·bri·um /-briəm/
 汙名,恥辱,咒罵

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Op·pro·bri·um n.  A state of disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; odium3.
 2. Abusive language.
    Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium.   --De Quincey.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 opprobrium
      n 1: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn: obloquy]
      2: a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in
         infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn
         and opprobrium throughout the city" [syn: infamy] [ant:
         fame]