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Opprobrious in a sentence

Opprobrious meaning

Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful.

Synonyms of Opprobrious

abusive dishonorable shameful inglorious ignominious disgraceful black offensive scurrilous insulting dishonourable

Related words

Other words often associated with Opprobrious or its synonyms:

shocking ignoble debasing scandalous dishonest shabby immoral degrading unknown white unprincipled disdainful

Using Opprobrious

  • The main meaning on this page is: Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful.
  • Useful related words include: abusive, dishonorable, shameful, inglorious.

Context around Opprobrious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 15 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 1 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Opprobrious

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

children is opprobrious and execrable 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i persist since 1×

Common sentence endings:

opprobrious and execrable 1×

Words around Opprobrious

Just before it in the word index:

oppressors 64 oppressor 49 oppressiveness 3 oppressively 15 oppressive 297 oppressions 8

Just after it in the word index:

opprobrium 17 opps 4 oppty 2 oppy 5 opr 9 opra 9

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaargh 3 aabb 3 aabria 3 aacha 3 aacta 3 aadhi 3

Corpus analysis for Opprobrious

  • In this selection, "opprobrious" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 15 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include children is opprobrious and execrable. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "opprobrious" sits close to words such as aaargh, aabb and aabria, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with opprobrious

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

I persist since I know the assault on women and children is opprobrious and execrable. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

I persist since I know the assault on women and children is opprobrious and execrable. (15 words)

Example sentences (1)

I persist since I know the assault on women and children is opprobrious and execrable.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "opprobrious" in a sentence?
An example: "I persist since I know the assault on women and children is opprobrious and execrable." This page contains 1 example sentence with the word "opprobrious" from authentic English texts.
What does "opprobrious" mean?
Opprobrious means: Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful.
What are synonyms of "opprobrious"?
Common synonyms of "opprobrious" include: abusive, dishonorable, shameful, inglorious, ignominious, disgraceful, black, offensive. Plus 3 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "opprobrious" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 1 example sentence with "opprobrious", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.