n. 25B6; noun
the government endured months of opprobrium : VILIFICATION, abuse, vituperation, condemnation, criticism, censure, denunciation, defamation, denigration, disparagement, obloquy, derogation, slander, revilement, calumny, execration, bad press, invective; informal flak, mud-slinging, bad-mouthing; Brit. informal stick; formal castigation, excoriation, calumniation; archaic contumely.
the opprobrium of being associated with thugs : DISGRACE, shame, dishonour, stigma, humiliation, loss of face, ignominy, disrepute, infamy, notoriety, scandal.
praise, honour.