obloquy
IPA: ˈɑbɫʌkwi
noun
- Abusive language.
- Disgrace.
- (archaic) A false accusation; malevolent rumors.
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Examples of "obloquy" in Sentences
- He shrugged his shoulders as if the obloquy were a tangible load that could be shifted.
- He has rivalled in obloquy Marx himself, with the additional effect of being a much more nearly present danger.
- First spotted at the beginning of the second millennium in a Latin-to-Anglo-Saxon glossary under the heading “Concerning Tools of Farmers,” it is now “a term of obloquy.”
- "It seems that the making of a public sacrifice to deflect press and public obloquy, which is what happened to the appellant, remains an accepted expedient of public administration,"
- Lord Justice Sedley said: "It seems that the making of a public sacrifice to deflect press and public obloquy, which is what happened to the appellant, remains an accepted expedient of public administration."
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