opprobrium
    n 1: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn:
         obloquy, opprobrium]
    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, opprobrium]
       [ant: celebrity, fame, renown]

Opprobrium \Op*pro"bri*um\, n. [L., fr. ob (see Ob-) + probrum
   reproach, disgrace.]
   A state of disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt;
   odium[3].
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   2. Abusive language.
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            Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer,
            he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. --De
                                                  Quincey.
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OPPROBRIUM, civil law. Ignominy; shame; infamy. (q.v.)