Definition of "obloquy" []

• Abusively detractive language or utterance; calumny: "I have had enough obloquy for one lifetime” ( Anthony Eden). (noun)
• The condition of disgrace suffered as a result of abuse or vilification; ill repute. (noun)

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• "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.”"
• "He has rivalled in obloquy Marx himself, with the additional effect of being a much more nearly present danger."
• "He shrugged his shoulders as if the obloquy were a tangible load that could be shifted."