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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
opprobrious
1. expressing offensive reproach • Syn: abusive, scurrilous • Similar to: offensive • Derivationally related forms: scurrility (for: scurrilous), abuse (for: abusive) 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 • Similar to: dishonorable, dishonourable • Derivationally related forms: shamefulness (for: shameful), opprobrium, ignominy (for: ignominious), ignominiousness (for: ignominious), disgracefulness (for: disgraceful)
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