opprobrium
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The opprobrium that ensued in the course of a shamelessly one-sided trial shredded their reputations, cost them their jobs and led to an incurable banishment from public life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
This has been met with nervousness and opprobrium among Greenlanders - both on the world's largest island and elsewhere.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
For that reason, I’m constantly amazed and grateful, given that this column relies on people sharing their stories and risking opprobrium from strangers by asking for advice.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025
The opprobrium directed at boxers Khelif and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan was not as easily countered.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024
Douglas received the brunt of all this opprobrium, and was compared to Benedict Arnold.
From A History of the Republican Party by Platt, George Washington
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