Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Opprobrious \Op*pro"bri*ous\, a. [L. opprobriosus, fr.
   opprobrium. See {Opprobrium}.]
   1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful;
      scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.

            They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less
            opprobrious than those by which they are attacked.
                                                  --Addison.

   2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious
      name.

            This dark, opprobrious den of shame.  --Milton.
      -- {Op*pro"bri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Op*pro"bri*ous*ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

opprobrious
     adj 1: expressing offensive reproach [syn: {abusive}, {insulting},
            {scornful}, {scurrilous}]
     2: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing
        disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest
        records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel
        Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an
        opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display
        of cowardice" [syn: {black}, {disgraceful}, {ignominious},
         {inglorious}, {shameful}]