What is the meaning of opprobrious?

Expressing offensive reproach.
- synonyms: abusive, scurrilous
Used of conduct or character. ( deserving or bringing disgrace or shame)
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, shameful

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