0 expressing severe criticism and blame:
The film attracted the opprobrious epithet 'heritage movie'.
I think, speaking from memory, that one must not use opprobrious epithets.
I would not say anything opprobrious about this circular, but it does appear to be a little belated.
To be told you are in favour of private enterprise is the same as having an opprobrious epithet applied to you.
The individual concerned will never know in what sense he has transgressed and why he should have earned the opprobrious description of "swindler".
Those opprobrious words are used about him in his official, predatory position, and not as a person.
