English → Latin
“opprobrious” in Latin
ignōminiōsusdisgraced; disgraceful, shameful, ignominiousprobrōsusshameful, ignominiouscontumēliōsusabusive, insolentturpisugly, unsightly; foul, filthy; cacophonous, disagreeable; base, infamous, scandalous, dishonorable, shameful, disgracefuprobrumdisgrace, shame; abuse, insultdēdecusdisgrace, dishonor, infamy, shame, discredit.; That which causes shame; a disgrace, blot, blemish.; A shameful act; vice
The English word opprobrious itself goes back to Latin opprobrō, through opprobriōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
opprobrious
ignominiosus (discreditable): probrosus (disgraceful): contumeliosus (reproachful): turpis (base, immoral). To be opprobrious, turpe esse; turpitudinem habere; probro, dedecori, esse; habet aliquid ignominiam.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for opprobrious?
- The usual Latin words for “opprobrious” are ignōminiōsus, probrōsus, contumēliōsus; also turpis, probrum, dēdecus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.