Meaning of OBLOQUY
| Pronunciation: | | 'âblukwee
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- [n] a malicious attack
- [n] state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
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| | Synonyms: | | calumny, defamation, hatchet job, opprobrium, traducement |
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| | See Also: | | assassination, character assassination, depreciation, derogation, disgrace, disparagement, epithet, ignominy, libel, malignment, name, name calling, names, shame, slander, smear, vilification | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ob"lo*quy\ ([o^]b"l[-o]*kw[y^]), n. [L. obloquium, fr.
obloqui. See {Oblocutor}.]
1. Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that
casts contempt on men or their actions; blame;
reprehension.
Shall names that made your city the glory of the
earth be mentioned with obloquy and detraction?
--Addison.
2. Cause of reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Reproach; odium; censure; contumely; gainsaying;
reviling; calumny; slander; detraction.
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| | Related Terms: | | abuse, adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, billingsgate, calumny, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, contumely, criticism, degradation, demotion, depluming, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, displuming, disrepute, exception, faultfinding, flak, hairsplitting, hit, home thrust, hostile criticism, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism, ignobility, ignominiousness, ignominy, imputation, infamousness, infamy, ingloriousness, invective, knock, loss of honor, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, odium, opprobrium, overcriticalness, pestering, pettifogging, priggishness, quibble, quibbling, rap, reflection, reproachfulness, revilement, scurrility, shame, slam, slur, stricture, swipe, taking exception, trichoschistism, vilification, vituperation |
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