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}]