Definition of obloquy in English:

obloquy

noun ˈɒbləkwiˈɑbləkwi

mass noun

1Strong public condemnation.
he endured years of contempt and obloquy
Example sentencesExamples
- She can't be referring to obloquy in general, since it is her campaign that is firing out slurs and false allegations at an astonishing pace.
- Many current leaders of public opinion are blind to the implications of global insecurity and they risk the obloquy of history - we must be sure that they do not take us with them.
- Jackson has spent his last three albums in a spitting rage about perceived harassment, character assassination and general obloquy.
- On the other hand, if he hangs on, the result will be certain obloquy: he will be fated to be remembered as the man who lost America.
- He dishes out obloquy to former tutors and students and treats the reader to vainglorious self-congratulation.
- He didn't mind public debate and obloquy, but he hated personal spite and family quarrels.
- Lady Hamilton's reputation has never fully recovered from the public obloquy heaped on her for her affair with Nelson, which led ultimately to her lonely and impoverished death in Calais from alcoholism.
- Moreover, the moral obloquy involved will normally be likely to be rather less than in what have been styled ‘truly criminal’ cases.
- I know of no government that would risk public ire and obloquy by attempting to tax that ‘imputed income.’
- But his stubbornness during the last months of the war caused resentment after the war and some obloquy.
- I do not mean to suggest that these wide receivers are uniquely deserving of obloquy.
- Behind all the hysterical and gaudy obloquy is the suspicion that each could have been everything he ever promised he would be - and, in the common imagination, still can be.
- It cannot hurt for the dictator to be held up to obloquy and censure for the use of gas.
- Some of this obloquy does, however, belong to publishers.
- She walked towards me with a look of anger and obloquy on her face.
- To flinch was to earn obloquy, possibly for life.
- It is a modern, sentimental fiction always to ladle virtue over the working-class characters and obloquy over the rich ones.
- Napalm's employment in the Vietnam war attracted particular obloquy.
- The two found that they shared beliefs - and the burden of obloquy for what they believed.
- I can't exactly say that I know the man, but on the occasions that I have met him I have been very struck by the difference between his manner and the amazing volleys of obloquy and abuse that have been flung at him.
Synonyms
vilification, opprobrium, vituperation, condemnation, castigation, denunciation, abuse, criticism, censure, flak, defamation, denigration, disparagement, derogation, slander, revilement, reviling, calumny, calumniation, execration, excoriation, lambasting, upbraiding, bad press, character assassination, attack, invective, libel, insults, aspersions
informal mud-slinging, bad-mouthing, tongue-lashing
British informal stick, verbal, slagging off
archaic contumely
rare animadversion, objurgation
1. 1.1 Disgrace, especially that brought about by public condemnation.
  conduct to which no more obloquy could reasonably attach
  Example sentencesExamples
  The European democracies have received, with overwhelmingly good reason, much obloquy for their failure to take effective measures against fascism in the 1930s.
  But no one, as far as I know, ever asks what series of events brought Hester to Massachusetts, where so much obloquy is heaped on her.
  Amid national and international obloquy and mockery, progress could only be made very discreetly.
  Erasmus Darwin's fate, his chronic diseases, strenuous urging of social and organic progress, and posthumous obloquy, were too close for comfort to his grandson's hopes and fears.
  Sufis often flirted with public obloquy and social danger, as if to prove that their love of God was wholly disinterested, uninfluenced by, indeed, contemptuous of, the social approval sought by the outwardly pious.
  The person who finally managed to bring obloquy to the ‘science’ of eugenics was of course Adolf Hitler.
  The two motives to which I refer are poverty and fear of social obloquy.
  Synonyms
  disgrace, dishonour, shame, discredit, stigma, humiliation, loss of face, ignominy, odium, opprobrium, disfavour, disrepute, ill repute, infamy, notoriety, scandal, stain
  rare disesteem

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin obloquium 'contradiction', from Latin obloqui, from ob- 'against' + loqui 'speak'.

Definition of obloquy in US English:

obloquy

nounˈäbləkwēˈɑbləkwi

1Strong public criticism or verbal abuse.
he endured years of contempt and obloquy
Example sentencesExamples
- Some of this obloquy does, however, belong to publishers.
- I know of no government that would risk public ire and obloquy by attempting to tax that ‘imputed income.’
- Lady Hamilton's reputation has never fully recovered from the public obloquy heaped on her for her affair with Nelson, which led ultimately to her lonely and impoverished death in Calais from alcoholism.
- Many current leaders of public opinion are blind to the implications of global insecurity and they risk the obloquy of history - we must be sure that they do not take us with them.
- Jackson has spent his last three albums in a spitting rage about perceived harassment, character assassination and general obloquy.
- I do not mean to suggest that these wide receivers are uniquely deserving of obloquy.
- He didn't mind public debate and obloquy, but he hated personal spite and family quarrels.
- I can't exactly say that I know the man, but on the occasions that I have met him I have been very struck by the difference between his manner and the amazing volleys of obloquy and abuse that have been flung at him.
- Napalm's employment in the Vietnam war attracted particular obloquy.
- It is a modern, sentimental fiction always to ladle virtue over the working-class characters and obloquy over the rich ones.
- Moreover, the moral obloquy involved will normally be likely to be rather less than in what have been styled ‘truly criminal’ cases.
- It cannot hurt for the dictator to be held up to obloquy and censure for the use of gas.
- On the other hand, if he hangs on, the result will be certain obloquy: he will be fated to be remembered as the man who lost America.
- But his stubbornness during the last months of the war caused resentment after the war and some obloquy.
- To flinch was to earn obloquy, possibly for life.
- He dishes out obloquy to former tutors and students and treats the reader to vainglorious self-congratulation.
- Behind all the hysterical and gaudy obloquy is the suspicion that each could have been everything he ever promised he would be - and, in the common imagination, still can be.
- She can't be referring to obloquy in general, since it is her campaign that is firing out slurs and false allegations at an astonishing pace.
- The two found that they shared beliefs - and the burden of obloquy for what they believed.
- She walked towards me with a look of anger and obloquy on her face.
Synonyms
vilification, opprobrium, vituperation, condemnation, castigation, denunciation, abuse, criticism, censure, flak, defamation, denigration, disparagement, derogation, slander, revilement, reviling, calumny, calumniation, execration, excoriation, lambasting, upbraiding, bad press, character assassination, attack, invective, libel, insults, aspersions
1. 1.1 Disgrace, especially that brought about by public abuse.
  conduct to which no more obloquy could reasonably attach
  Example sentencesExamples
  The two motives to which I refer are poverty and fear of social obloquy.
  But no one, as far as I know, ever asks what series of events brought Hester to Massachusetts, where so much obloquy is heaped on her.
  Erasmus Darwin's fate, his chronic diseases, strenuous urging of social and organic progress, and posthumous obloquy, were too close for comfort to his grandson's hopes and fears.
  Sufis often flirted with public obloquy and social danger, as if to prove that their love of God was wholly disinterested, uninfluenced by, indeed, contemptuous of, the social approval sought by the outwardly pious.
  The person who finally managed to bring obloquy to the ‘science’ of eugenics was of course Adolf Hitler.
  Amid national and international obloquy and mockery, progress could only be made very discreetly.
  The European democracies have received, with overwhelmingly good reason, much obloquy for their failure to take effective measures against fascism in the 1930s.
  Synonyms
  disgrace, dishonour, shame, discredit, stigma, humiliation, loss of face, ignominy, odium, opprobrium, disfavour, disrepute, ill repute, infamy, notoriety, scandal, stain

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin obloquium ‘contradiction’, from Latin obloqui, from ob- ‘against’ + loqui ‘speak’.

单词	obloquy
释义	Definition of obloquy in English: obloquy noun ˈɒbləkwiˈɑbləkwi mass noun 1Strong public condemnation. he endured years of contempt and obloquy Example sentencesExamples She can't be referring to obloquy in general, since it is her campaign that is firing out slurs and false allegations at an astonishing pace. Many current leaders of public opinion are blind to the implications of global insecurity and they risk the obloquy of history - we must be sure that they do not take us with them. Jackson has spent his last three albums in a spitting rage about perceived harassment, character assassination and general obloquy. On the other hand, if he hangs on, the result will be certain obloquy: he will be fated to be remembered as the man who lost America. He dishes out obloquy to former tutors and students and treats the reader to vainglorious self-congratulation. He didn't mind public debate and obloquy, but he hated personal spite and family quarrels. Lady Hamilton's reputation has never fully recovered from the public obloquy heaped on her for her affair with Nelson, which led ultimately to her lonely and impoverished death in Calais from alcoholism. Moreover, the moral obloquy involved will normally be likely to be rather less than in what have been styled ‘truly criminal’ cases. I know of no government that would risk public ire and obloquy by attempting to tax that ‘imputed income.’ But his stubbornness during the last months of the war caused resentment after the war and some obloquy. I do not mean to suggest that these wide receivers are uniquely deserving of obloquy. Behind all the hysterical and gaudy obloquy is the suspicion that each could have been everything he ever promised he would be - and, in the common imagination, still can be. It cannot hurt for the dictator to be held up to obloquy and censure for the use of gas. Some of this obloquy does, however, belong to publishers. She walked towards me with a look of anger and obloquy on her face. To flinch was to earn obloquy, possibly for life. It is a modern, sentimental fiction always to ladle virtue over the working-class characters and obloquy over the rich ones. Napalm's employment in the Vietnam war attracted particular obloquy. The two found that they shared beliefs - and the burden of obloquy for what they believed. I can't exactly say that I know the man, but on the occasions that I have met him I have been very struck by the difference between his manner and the amazing volleys of obloquy and abuse that have been flung at him. Synonyms vilification, opprobrium, vituperation, condemnation, castigation, denunciation, abuse, criticism, censure, flak, defamation, denigration, disparagement, derogation, slander, revilement, reviling, calumny, calumniation, execration, excoriation, lambasting, upbraiding, bad press, character assassination, attack, invective, libel, insults, aspersions informal mud-slinging, bad-mouthing, tongue-lashing British informal stick, verbal, slagging off archaic contumely rare animadversion, objurgation 1.1 Disgrace, especially that brought about by public condemnation. conduct to which no more obloquy could reasonably attach Example sentencesExamples The European democracies have received, with overwhelmingly good reason, much obloquy for their failure to take effective measures against fascism in the 1930s. But no one, as far as I know, ever asks what series of events brought Hester to Massachusetts, where so much obloquy is heaped on her. Amid national and international obloquy and mockery, progress could only be made very discreetly. Erasmus Darwin's fate, his chronic diseases, strenuous urging of social and organic progress, and posthumous obloquy, were too close for comfort to his grandson's hopes and fears. Sufis often flirted with public obloquy and social danger, as if to prove that their love of God was wholly disinterested, uninfluenced by, indeed, contemptuous of, the social approval sought by the outwardly pious. The person who finally managed to bring obloquy to the ‘science’ of eugenics was of course Adolf Hitler. The two motives to which I refer are poverty and fear of social obloquy. Synonyms disgrace, dishonour, shame, discredit, stigma, humiliation, loss of face, ignominy, odium, opprobrium, disfavour, disrepute, ill repute, infamy, notoriety, scandal, stain rare disesteem Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin obloquium 'contradiction', from Latin obloqui, from ob- 'against' + loqui 'speak'. Definition of obloquy in US English: obloquy nounˈäbləkwēˈɑbləkwi 1Strong public criticism or verbal abuse. he endured years of contempt and obloquy Example sentencesExamples Some of this obloquy does, however, belong to publishers. I know of no government that would risk public ire and obloquy by attempting to tax that ‘imputed income.’ Lady Hamilton's reputation has never fully recovered from the public obloquy heaped on her for her affair with Nelson, which led ultimately to her lonely and impoverished death in Calais from alcoholism. Many current leaders of public opinion are blind to the implications of global insecurity and they risk the obloquy of history - we must be sure that they do not take us with them. Jackson has spent his last three albums in a spitting rage about perceived harassment, character assassination and general obloquy. I do not mean to suggest that these wide receivers are uniquely deserving of obloquy. He didn't mind public debate and obloquy, but he hated personal spite and family quarrels. I can't exactly say that I know the man, but on the occasions that I have met him I have been very struck by the difference between his manner and the amazing volleys of obloquy and abuse that have been flung at him. Napalm's employment in the Vietnam war attracted particular obloquy. It is a modern, sentimental fiction always to ladle virtue over the working-class characters and obloquy over the rich ones. Moreover, the moral obloquy involved will normally be likely to be rather less than in what have been styled ‘truly criminal’ cases. It cannot hurt for the dictator to be held up to obloquy and censure for the use of gas. On the other hand, if he hangs on, the result will be certain obloquy: he will be fated to be remembered as the man who lost America. But his stubbornness during the last months of the war caused resentment after the war and some obloquy. To flinch was to earn obloquy, possibly for life. He dishes out obloquy to former tutors and students and treats the reader to vainglorious self-congratulation. Behind all the hysterical and gaudy obloquy is the suspicion that each could have been everything he ever promised he would be - and, in the common imagination, still can be. She can't be referring to obloquy in general, since it is her campaign that is firing out slurs and false allegations at an astonishing pace. The two found that they shared beliefs - and the burden of obloquy for what they believed. She walked towards me with a look of anger and obloquy on her face. Synonyms vilification, opprobrium, vituperation, condemnation, castigation, denunciation, abuse, criticism, censure, flak, defamation, denigration, disparagement, derogation, slander, revilement, reviling, calumny, calumniation, execration, excoriation, lambasting, upbraiding, bad press, character assassination, attack, invective, libel, insults, aspersions 1.1 Disgrace, especially that brought about by public abuse. conduct to which no more obloquy could reasonably attach Example sentencesExamples The two motives to which I refer are poverty and fear of social obloquy. But no one, as far as I know, ever asks what series of events brought Hester to Massachusetts, where so much obloquy is heaped on her. Erasmus Darwin's fate, his chronic diseases, strenuous urging of social and organic progress, and posthumous obloquy, were too close for comfort to his grandson's hopes and fears. Sufis often flirted with public obloquy and social danger, as if to prove that their love of God was wholly disinterested, uninfluenced by, indeed, contemptuous of, the social approval sought by the outwardly pious. The person who finally managed to bring obloquy to the ‘science’ of eugenics was of course Adolf Hitler. Amid national and international obloquy and mockery, progress could only be made very discreetly. The European democracies have received, with overwhelmingly good reason, much obloquy for their failure to take effective measures against fascism in the 1930s. Synonyms disgrace, dishonour, shame, discredit, stigma, humiliation, loss of face, ignominy, odium, opprobrium, disfavour, disrepute, ill repute, infamy, notoriety, scandal, stain Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin obloquium ‘contradiction’, from Latin obloqui, from ob- ‘against’ + loqui ‘speak’.
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