1469 J. Paston in (2004) I. 407 They that be abut yow be in obloquy of all men.
a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) II. f. clxxxxix All was Ruled by the Quene & her counsayll..to the great maugre & Oblyquy of the Quene.
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in (1557) 44/2 From the great obloquy in which hee was soo late before, hee was..in soo greate truste, that..hee was made [etc.].
1598 J. Dickenson 46 Is this the memorie which thou wilt leaue, wherein thy name shall liue to eternall obloquy?
1602 J. Marston iv. iii. sig. Hv The iust reuenge Vpon the author of thy obloquies.
a1605 R. Bannatyne (1836) 189 Ȝe haue fund your rewaird, reproche, obloquie and skayth.
1671 J. Milton 453 I..to God have brought Dishonour, obloquie, and op't the mouths Of Idolists, and Atheists. View more context for this quotation
1703 II. vii. 322 And undergo the perpetual obloquy of having lost a Kingdom.
1749 H. Fielding I. i. vii. 42 He would very soon remove her out of the Reach of that Obloquy she had incurred. View more context for this quotation
1852 H. B. Stowe II. xlv. 317 Shall the whole guilt or obloquy of slavery fall only on the South?
1865 A. Trollope II. xxviii. 221 It's a hard thing for a woman to do, because she has to undergo so much obloquy before she gets used to it. A man can take to drinking, and gambling and all the rest of it, and nobody despises him a bit.
1941 W. J. Cash ii. i. 133 Almost the only pleasures which might be practiced openly and without moral obloquy were those of orgiastic religion and those of violence.
1977 J. F. Fixx iii. 45 You know of the obloquy that fell upon those who first proposed that this is not so!
1988 P. Toynbee 183 I am aware of my own moral obloquy.