Crossword clues for opprobrium
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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].
2. Abusive language.
Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer,
he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium.
--De
Quincey.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1680s, from Latin opprobrium "disgrace, infamy, scandal, dishonor," from opprobare (see opprobrious).
Wiktionary
n. 1 disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy. 2 scornful reproach or contempt 3 A cause of shame or disgrace.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Opprobrium is a death metal band from Metairie, Louisiana. Founded in 1986 by brothers Francis and Moyses Howard under the name Incubus, Natives of Rio de Janeiro, the Howards emigrated to New Orleans and formed the band. The original incarnation featured bassist/lead vocalist Scot Latour, and the trio's 1987 demo Supernatural Death landed them a deal with the small Brutal Records imprint. Their official debut, Serpent Temptation, was released in 1988; however, LaTour departed soon afterwards, leaving Francis to take over vocal duties. Incubus signed with Nuclear Blast Records in 1990 and soon released their follow-up Beyond the Unknown; recording with Francis on bass as well, Incubus eventually tabbed Mark Lavenia as the full-time bassist. But shortly thereafter, in 1991, Incubus disbanded then reappeared after a ten-year break from the music business in 2000, they were forced to change their name in order to avoid confusion with newly emerging alternative rock band Incubus from California. They released their album Discerning Forces on Nuclear Blast Records in 2000.
The band is noted for their particular style, a death/ thrash metal crossover, combined with lyrics about death, violence and occasionally Christian references. Francis Howard and Scot Latour sang background vocals on the song "Stronger Than Hate", the third track on the Sepultura album Beneath the Remains. Francis Howard did guest session vocals on two Cannibal Corpse songs on the album Eaten Back to Life. The band is currently signed to Metal Mind Productions. On July 21, 2009, the band announced that the original bassist, Scot W. Latour, had re-joined the band, after 20 years.
Opprobrium may refer to:
- Opprobrium, disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct (see shame)
- Opprobrium (band), a death metal band from Louisiana founded in 1986
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Usage examples of "opprobrium".
I concluded that the best thing I could do would be to rid the Genoese name of the opprobrium which this rascal was always bringing on it, but I could never find an opportunity.
And it seems to me that if we are to appreciate their virtues, we must loathe and hold up to opprobrium those evil men whose malignity made all their sacrifices necessary.
It would be difficult to say whose lot was most lamentable, that of the active Tories, who gave up their patrimonies for a pittance from the British pension-roll, and their native land for a cold reception in their miscalled home, or the passive ones who remained behind to endure the coldness of former friends, and the public opprobrium, as despised citizens, under a government which they abhorred.
With many epithets of opprobrium, such as are applied to malefactors of the lowest degree, they passed sentence of death upon me, and with drooping spirits, giving myself up for lost and assured that I should be led to the block before many hours were sped, I permitted them to reconduct me through the streets of Toulouse to my prison.
To accept and occupy a provincial post, the courtier was obliged not only to forsake the comforts and cultural attractions of the Heian capital, but also to suffer diminished status and even risk social opprobrium.
I concluded that the best thing I could do would be to rid the Genoese name of the opprobrium which this rascal was always bringing on it, but I could never find an opportunity.
Curses on the hour that she came into the world: curses upon her that she make not away with herself, basest, most faithless of women that she must needs be, the reproach of her sex, the opprobrium of all the ladies of this city, to cast aside all regard for her honour, her marriage vow, her reputation before the world, and, lost to all sense of shame, to scruple not to bring disgrace upon a man so worthy, a citizen so honourable, a husband by whom she was so well treated, ay, and upon herself to boot!
It is our opinion, both now and in the past, that painstaking and responsible reporting is always to be preferred over that other practice which has deservedly earned the opprobrium of yellow journalism.