opprobriation means Scornful reproach or disapproval; opprobrium. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 76 out of 100.
Why this word is great
OPPROBRIATION — [Noun] The act of expressing scornful reproach or disapproval; the state of being subject to such reproach. From Latin opprobrium ("disgrace, infamy, reproach") + the English suffix -ation (denoting an action or process). Unlike "opprobrium" (which names the settled state of disgrace) or "censure" (which can be a formal, dispassionate rebuke), opprobriation is the active, verbal flinging of infamy. It is the spit-soaked hiss from a crowd, the meticulously crafted paragraph of ruin in a broadsheet, and the cold, final pronouncement from a tribunal bench—the ritual machinery by which a society polishes its conscience, turning a soul into a scorn-burdened parable.
noun
- Scornful reproach or disapproval; opprobrium.“but, under the present circumstances, all clamours and opprobriations against them are futile, vague, and ill-grounded.”