1. (

• abusive ,
• opprobrious ,
• scurrilous

) expressing offensive reproach ;

2. (

• black ,
• disgraceful ,
• ignominious ,
• inglorious ,
• opprobrious ,
• shameful

) (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" ;