severe criticism of a person, country, etc. by a large group of people The bombing has attracted international opprobrium. The administration did not deserve the opprobrium heaped on it by the national press.
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NAmE//əˈproʊbriəs//
adjective an opprobrious remarkSee opprobrium in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: opprobrium