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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Opprobrious

\uh-PRO-bree-uhs\ means outrageously disgraceful or shameful

Related terms: ignominious, despicable, contemptible

Example1: It is considered to be opprobrious to bear a child out of wedlock.
Example2: I am telling you, my in-laws are outrageously despicable. I never thought I am capable of loathing somebody but after what they have done to me...phew! They are dead to me!

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