opprobious
Example Sentences
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She had rather he had coupled it with opprobious epithets whenever he referred to him, than spoken of him as "this" or "that gentleman."
From At Last by Marion Harland
In these opprobious and afflicting times, What offering so comely as our tears?
From Athaliah A Tragedy, Intended For Reading Only, Translated Into English Blank Verse, From Racine (A. Gombert's Edition, 1825) by J. Donkersley
The first offence committed in the colony was by Billington, in 1621, who, for contempt of the Captain's lawful command, with opprobious speeches, was adjudged to have his neck and heels tied together.
From Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by William Bradford
The opprobious epithet of "old maid" is unknown.
From Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca
Mr Pecksniff called him opprobious names for the suggestion.
From Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
