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obloquy
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obloquy
n.
public accusation; defamation, strongly condemnatory or abusive language
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obloquy
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
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Obloquy
(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.
Cause of reproach; disgrace.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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obloquy
n.
غيبت, حقارت, بدگوئي, الزام, لم, بہتان, کلنک, نندا, لعنت ملامت, بدنامي, رسوائي, تنقيص
غيبت, حقارت, بدگوئي, الزام, لم, بہتان, کلنک, نندا, لعنت ملامت, بدنامي, رسوائي, تنقيص
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obloquy
Synonyms and related words:
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
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
