Today’s “Word of the Day” is “opprobrium“ and it is a noun and its meaning is “harsh criticism, condemnation, censure, castigation, flak, lambasting, tongue-lashing; humiliation, disfavour, disgrace”.
Example Sentence: It is now a fact of life that when a player has a bad day on the field at the IPL, he will be trolled by his team’s fans, by neutrals, and anybody with a social media account. The latest to receive the full blast of public opprobrium is Rajasthan Royals’ Sandeep Sharma who bowled a no-ball and conceded a last-ball six to allow Sunrisers Hyderabad to squeak through (manage to win with difficulty).
This word is present in Generally, a bad ball is just a bad ball; no one plays to lose and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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