opprobrious
21opprobrious — adj. (of language) severely scornful; abusive. Derivatives: opprobriously adv. Etymology: ME f. LL opprobriosus (as OPPROBRIUM) …
22Opprobriously — Opprobrious Op*pro bri*ous, a. [L. opprobriosus, fr. opprobrium. See {Opprobrium}.] 1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language. [1913 Webster] They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no… …
23Opprobriousness — Opprobrious Op*pro bri*ous, a. [L. opprobriosus, fr. opprobrium. See {Opprobrium}.] 1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language. [1913 Webster] They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no… …
24opprobriously — opprobrious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ highly scornful. DERIVATIVES opprobriously adverb …
25abusive — abusive, opprobrious, vituperative, contumelious, scurrilous apply chiefly to language or utterances and to persons as they employ such language: the words agree in meaning coarse, insulting, and contemptuous in character or utterance. Abusive… …
26Reproachful — Re*proach ful ( f?l), a. 1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. [1913 Webster] The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Occasioning or deserving reproach;… …
27Reproachfully — Reproachful Re*proach ful ( f?l), a. 1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. [1913 Webster] The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Occasioning or deserving …
28Reproachfulness — Reproachful Re*proach ful ( f?l), a. 1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. [1913 Webster] The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Occasioning or deserving …
29Edinburgh — EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, situated in longitude 3° 10 30 (W.), and latitude 55° 57 29 (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from Leith, 40 miles (S.S.W.) from Dundee, 42 (E. by N.) from …
30scurrilous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. abusive, foul mouthed, vituperative, insulting, offensive, coarse, vulgar, opprobrious. See detraction, disrespect. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. indecent, coarse, vulgar, foulmouthed, obscene,… …
