'obloquy' definitions:
Definition of 'obloquy'
From: WordNet
noun
State of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn: obloquy, opprobrium]
noun
A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions [syn: defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job]
Synonyms of 'obloquy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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