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as in abusive
marked by harsh insulting language
an opprobrious attack on the alleged corruption in the police department
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as in notorious
not respectable
contends that visiting a brothel is the sort of opprobrious conduct for which a public official should be censured
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Recent Examples of opprobrious
Honor is not, in Mr. Sommers’s view, without its opprobrious aspects, not least its association with violence.
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Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2018
Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2018
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During Monday's hearing, Washington, D.C., federal judge Amy Berman Jackson asked a DOJ lawyer if protecting consumers from unfair, deceptive and abusive practices is a policy of the administration.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Debt collectors are prohibited by federal laws from engaging in abusive and unfair practices.—
Staff,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Oca Low style is notorious for selling out quickly (and incurring quite an impressive waitlist), so don’t wait too long to pre-order your new favorite sneakers for spring.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2025
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Annaleigh Ashford is the daughter of the notorious Happy Face serial killer out to help save an innocent man facing death for a crime her father committed in the trailer for the Paramount+ dramatic thriller Happy Face.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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Russian politicians and state media were thrilled to hear the U.S. president backing their insulting and obvious lies.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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La Liga players are often shown red cards for taking protests past the level which referees deem acceptable, sometimes for words which are less insulting or disrespectful than what was said by Bellingham.—
Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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There are even a few big name drummers set to take the stage — and hopefully skirt the infamous Spinal Tap drummer curse — including Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith and Metallica’s Lars Ulrich.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2025
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The end of the film sees a gravestone, as the infamous assassin is laid to rest next to his wife.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Bhattacharya has in the past been tolerant of others’ more outrageous claims about vaccines.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
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However, a moment of arguably even greater quality later in the first half drew the Colchoneros level as Julián Alvarez evaded a defender and curled an outrageous effort in off the post.—
George Ramsay,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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Caleb McCray, 23, a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, was charged with manslaughter and felony criminal hazing, according to court records.—
Neil Vigdor,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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The maternal aunt of a 22-year-old Harlem man who died in an upstate prison after an altercation with correction officers that is under criminal investigation demanded answers Friday.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2025
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According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), individuals may not block access to sidewalks or buildings, disrupt counterprotests, or engage in speech that is obscene, makes knowingly false statements of fact, or incites immediate violence or dangerous disturbances.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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There is absolutely nothing in libraries across the state that is obscene.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2025
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Months of fighting the rape claims in federal court in NYC and failing to get the matter tossed out saw a lot of bitter finger pointing with claims of bribery, shady probes and lying from all sides, to varying degrees.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2025
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And not in a shady way and not to tear her down as a person.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Opprobrious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opprobrious. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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