Defn: Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive
language.
Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself
heir to a twofold opprobrium. De Quincey.
OPPROBRY
Op*pro"bry, n.
Defn: Opprobrium. [Obs.] Johnson.
OPPUGN
Op*pugn", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppugned; p pr. & vb. n. Oppugning.]
Etym: [OF. oppugner, L. oppugnare; ob (see Ob-) + pugnare to fight.
See Impugn.]
Defn: To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose;
to resist.
They said the manner of their impeachment they could not but conceive
did oppugn the rights of Parliament. Clarendon.
OPPUGNANCY
Op*pug"nan*cy, n. Etym: [See Oppugnant.]
Defn: The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance. Shak.
OPPUGNANT
Op*pug"nant, a. Etym: [L. oppugnans, p. pr. of oppugnare. See
Oppugn.]
Defn: Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring. "Oppugnant forces." I. Taylor. — n.
Defn: An opponent. [R.] Coleridge.