noun

1. the disgrace or infamy attached to conduct viewed as grossly shameful
2. anything bringing shame or disgrace
3. reproachful contempt for something regarded as inferior

Etymology: L < opprobrare, to reproach < ob- (see ob-) + probrum, a disgrace < pro- (see pro-) + *bhrom < base of ferre, bear, formed after Gr propherein, to bring forward, allege, reproach