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op·pro·brium [əˈprəʊbriəm, Am -ˈproʊ-] N no pl form

opprobrium

Schande f

opprobrium

Schmach f form

to heap opprobrium on sb/sth

jdn/etw tadeln [o. form schmähen]

to heap opprobrium on sb/sth

jdn/etw tadeln [o. form schmähen]

English

He believed that bureaucracy should be the target of universal opprobrium, and noticed that in the political sphere it had few defenders, even among progressives. en.wikipedia.org

The government's actions against the chief culprits has met with at least as much applause as opprobrium, with some urging an even more stringent follow-through. www.firstpost.com

The two live well together as friends but this act invites a social opprobrium and strong uproar over both of them, and there is no other solution but marriage. en.wikipedia.org

Sometimes there was some form of social opprobrium to those not participating. en.wikipedia.org

In later years, he lived more discreetly as a scholar and educationist, earning both praise and opprobrium for his sternness and erudition. en.wikipedia.org

If proven, no doubt there will be serious consequences and opprobrium for those responsible. www.crikey.com.au

I don't think she deserves the opprobrium that has been flung at her. www.odt.co.nz

But it was not merely his subject matter that earned him neglect and even opprobrium among the powerful groups that decide upon the worldly success or failure of artists. en.wikipedia.org

Its dancing usefulness in characterizing the peasantry as wild and unruly undoubtedly derives from the moral opprobrium in which dancing was held by religious and civil authoriries alike. en.wikipedia.org

Section 31 produced a climate where many career journalists engaged in self-censorship to avoid official opprobrium. en.wikipedia.org

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