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as in scandal
a cause of shame
saw no reason why "secretary" should suddenly become a term of opprobrium among the politically correct
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as in disgrace
the state of having lost the esteem of others
the opprobrium that was long attached to the convicted embezzler's name
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Recent Examples of opprobrium
That means there’s far less internal pressure to bring an end to a war that has sparked domestic protests, brought international opprobrium on Israel, and battered its economy.
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Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Extravagant, graphic gore; not to mention public opprobrium and shame.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 30 Sep. 2024
Moreover, global catastrophes such as the Ukraine war and Gaza crisis have stoked inflation and public opprobrium respectively.
—Charlie Campbell / Kulim, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The opprobrium that is now starting to stick to supersized pickup trucks has mostly ignored the humble van.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
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Joshua Keating, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Extravagant, graphic gore; not to mention public opprobrium and shame.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 30 Sep. 2024
Moreover, global catastrophes such as the Ukraine war and Gaza crisis have stoked inflation and public opprobrium respectively.
—Charlie Campbell / Kulim, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The opprobrium that is now starting to stick to supersized pickup trucks has mostly ignored the humble van.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for opprobrium
Recent Examples of Synonyms for opprobrium
Noun
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The scandal, which first broke in December through Japanese magazine exposés, has triggered an advertising exodus at the network.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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That would be the biggest sports scandal ever, especially with everything being tied to gambling these days.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, was a national disgrace.—
The Editors,
National Review,
22 Jan. 2025
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The ugly scenes culminated in the deaths of five people, left more than 140 police officers injured, and Trump left Washington in disgrace.—
Tess Owen,
WIRED,
20 Jan. 2025
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There is a whole world outside the shame a man brings upon a woman, a world far from that.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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There’s a lot of shame that comes with that, and there is a concern that she won’t be accepted by her friends.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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Last fall, Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city in contempt of a range of court orders and directed the parties to file proposals for an independent receiver.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Mueller’s predecessor, Pritzker appointee Marc Smith, was held in contempt of court a number of times for violating court orders by failing to find children appropriate placements in a timely manner, though all or most of those orders were later vacated.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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Pashinyan had led the movement to oust Moscow’s influence in Armenia; he was now saddled with the odium of losing Karabakh on his watch.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2024
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By making such statements with actual malice to the public and also through social media, each of the defendants knew or should have known that their comments would be widely disseminated, exposing Judge Moore to disgrace, ridicule, odium and contempt resulting in compensatory and punitive damages.—
Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com,
al,
29 Nov. 2022
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“Opprobrium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opprobrium. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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