adj.
1. Expressing contemptuous reproach; scornful or abusive: opprobrious epithets.
2. Bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous: opprobrious conduct.
op·probri·ous·ly adv.
His comments were ignorant, morally opprobrious, and categorically bigoted, and while obviously acceptable and not out of character for him, they were profoundly unacceptable to the majority of Americans.
im·mis·er·a·tion noun \(ˌ)i(m)-ˌmi-zə-ˈrā-shən\
Definition of IMMISERATION
: the act of making miserable; especially : impoverishment<the immiseration of the working class — C. R. Morris>
Origin of IMMISERATION
2in- + miserable + -ation
First Known Use: 1948