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opprobriously
adverb
uk /əˈprəʊ.bri.əs.li/ us /əˈproʊ.bri.əs.li/
in a way that expresses severe criticism and blame:
"I will not allow you to talk opprobriously of someone who is not here to defend himself," the judge said.
The chancellor's name was opprobriously mentioned in the meeting as they discussed the school's declining enrolment.
The term "junket" is often used opprobriously in reference to a trip taken for pleasure and funded by tax money.
The senator spoke opprobriously of her colleagues and accused them of letting politics get in the way of passing the bill.
Although the word was used, it was not used opprobriously.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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anathematize
animadversion
aspersion
aw
backbite
barrel
bash
belabour
boo
disapprobation
excoriate
knock
knocker
let someone have both barrelsidiom
low blow
mordacious
mordancy
pile
slam
union-basher
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opprobrious
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