public accusation; defamation
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Obloquy Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.
Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.
(n.)
Cause of reproach; disgrace.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutCause of reproach; disgrace.
obloquy
obnoxiously adv : in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences" [syn: offensively, objectionably]
1. Strongly condemnatory or abusive language or utterance. 2. The condition of disgrace suffered as a result of public blame, abuse, or condemnation; ill repute.
*For Britain to have made a last imperial stand on the shores of the South China Sea would have risked local calamity and international obloquy. --Christopher Patten, East and West
syn. Dishonor, discredit, disrepute, disesteem, shame, reproach, disparagement, ignominy, infamy, opprobrium, calumny,revilement,vituperation, odium, scandal, blot on one’s escutcheon.
*For Britain to have made a last imperial stand on the shores of the South China Sea would have risked local calamity and international obloquy. --Christopher Patten, East and West
syn. Dishonor, discredit, disrepute, disesteem, shame, reproach, disparagement, ignominy, infamy, opprobrium, calumny,revilement,vituperation, odium, scandal, blot on one’s escutcheon.
Noun
1. state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
(synonym) opprobrium
(hypernym) shame, disgrace, ignominy
2. a malicious attack
(synonym) defamation, calumny, traducement, hatchet job
(hypernym) disparagement, depreciation, derogation
(hyponym) character assassination, assassination, blackwash
