Vocabulary
Opprobrium
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
harsh criticism or censure.
Urdu meaning
رسوائی، ذلت، تحقیر، بدنامی، طعنہ زنی،مذمت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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While Pakistan is a sovereign state entitled to legislate as it pleases, parliament must consider if it is worth inviting international opprobrium over a piece of legislation that has demonstrably so little to do with the public interest.
Dawn Editorials —
Course correction
— 2026-01-08
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The state must honour international conventions on prisoners` rights and avoid more opprobrium while it can.
Dawn Editorials —
State conduct
— 2025-12-18
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Bill Clinton was much the same, with many insiders and journalists talking about his private frustration with Netanyahu over the so-called peace process, but the private opprobrium never translated into public action.
Dawn Editorials —
Ties that bind
— 2025-06-30
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Once again, he was received with applause, not opprobrium, from the majority of his online compatriots.
Dawn Editorials —
Filth and fury
— 2025-05-05
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But the opprobrium generated by the policy revisions are misplaced because these will increase the payback periods for consumers who have installed or planned to instal oversized solar systems.
Dawn Editorials —
Revised solar policy
— 2025-03-15
Synonyms
vilification, abuse, vituperation, condemnation, criticism, censure, castigation
Curator example
“the critical opprobrium generated by his films”
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