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railing
Materials for rails
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  1. Materials for rails
  2. Rails considered as a group.
  3. A structure made of a rail, often connecting a series of upright members, that is used as a guard or barrier or for support, as on a balcony or next to a staircase.
infamy
Very bad reputation; notoriety:
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  1. Very bad reputation; notoriety:
  2. An evil or criminal act that is publicly known.
  3. The condition of being infamous; disgrace:
dishonor
The act of refusing or failing to pay a check, draft, bill of exchange, etc.
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  1. The act of refusing or failing to pay a check, draft, bill of exchange, etc.
  2. A cause of loss of honor:
  3. State of shame; disgrace; ignominy
slander
A false and malicious statement or report about someone.
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  1. A false and malicious statement or report about someone.
  2. Such a spoken statement
  3. Falsely spoken words that tend to damage another person’s reputation; defamation. The truth of such words is an absolute defense against slander. Unlike libel, unless the slander is defamatory per se, damages caused by slander must be proven by the plaintiff. See also libel. Falsely spoken words that tend to damage another person’s reputation; defamation. The truth of such words is an absolute defense against slander. Unlike libel, unless the slander is defamatory per se, damages caused by slander must be proven by the plaintiff. See also libel.
backbiting
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
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  1. The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
defamation
The act of defaming; calumny, slander, or libel.
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  1. The act of defaming; calumny, slander, or libel.
  2. The utterance of a false statement that harms the reputation of another. Although most state laws require that a defamatory statement be made with knowledge of its falsehood, in some jurisdictions a cause of action exists for negligent defamation. Libel (involving a written false statement, including statements transmitted on the Internet) and slander (spoken, as opposed to written, false statements), are both forms of defamation. The utterance of a false statement that harms the reputation of another. Although most state laws require that a defamatory statement be made with knowledge of its falsehood, in some jurisdictions a cause of action exists for negligent defamation. Libel (involving a written false statement, including statements transmitted on the Internet) and slander (spoken, as opposed to written, false statements), are both forms of defamation.
  3. A defaming or being defamed; detraction, slander, or libel
abuse
Improper or excessive use; misuse:
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  1. Improper or excessive use; misuse:
  2. Physical maltreatment or violence:
  3. Sexual abuse.
billingsgate
Foul, abusive language.
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  1. Foul, abusive language.
  2. Foul, vulgar, abusive talk
contumely
An insolent or arrogant remark or act.
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  1. An insolent or arrogant remark or act.
  2. Rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance; insolence.
  3. Haughty and contemptuous rudeness; insulting and humiliating treatment or language
invective
A denunciatory or abusive expression or discourse:
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  1. A denunciatory or abusive expression or discourse:
  2. A violent verbal attack; strong criticism, insults, curses, etc.; vituperation
  3. Denunciatory or abusive language; vituperation:
scurrility
Something that is scurrilous.
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  1. Something that is scurrilous.
  2. The quality of being vulgar, coarse, or abusive.
  3. A vulgar, coarse, or abusive remark or passage.
scurrilousness
The property of being scurrilous.
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  1. The property of being scurrilous.
vituperation
The act or an instance of vituperating.
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  1. The act or an instance of vituperating.
  2. Sustained, harshly critical language; invective.
bad name
Lack of reverence or esteem. Poor reputation.
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  1. Lack of reverence or esteem. Poor reputation.
  2. Used other than as an idiom: see bad,"Ž name.
discredit
Something that causes disgrace or loss of status
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  1. Something that causes disgrace or loss of status
  2. The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved.
  3. Lack or loss of trust or belief; doubt:
disgrace
The state of being in disfavor, as because of bad conduct
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  1. The state of being in disfavor, as because of bad conduct
  2. The condition of being strongly and generally disapproved.
  3. A person or thing that brings shame, dishonor, or reproach (to one, etc.)
dishonor
Failure to pay or refusal to accept a note, a bill, or another commercial obligation.
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  1. Failure to pay or refusal to accept a note, a bill, or another commercial obligation.
  2. A person, thing, or action that brings dishonor; discredit
  3. The condition of having lost honor or good repute.
disrepute
Lack or loss of repute; bad reputation; disgrace; disfavor
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  1. Lack or loss of repute; bad reputation; disgrace; disfavor
  2. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.
humiliation
The act of humiliating; degradation.
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  1. The act of humiliating; degradation.
  2. The state of being humiliated or disgraced; shame.
  3. A humiliating condition or circumstance.
ignominy
An instance or source of this:
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  1. An instance or source of this:
  2. Disgraceful, shameful, or contemptible quality, behavior, or act
  3. Great personal dishonor or humiliation:
odium
Hatred or distaste for, accompanied by contempt or disgust.
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  1. Hatred or distaste for, accompanied by contempt or disgust.
  2. A condition of disgrace, usually as the result of some form of vile conduct.
  3. The disgrace brought on by hateful action; opprobrium
opprobrium
Reproachful contempt for something regarded as inferior
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  1. Reproachful contempt for something regarded as inferior
  2. The disgrace or infamy attached to conduct viewed as grossly shameful
  3. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
shame
A tendency to have feelings of this kind, or a capacity for such feeling
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  1. A tendency to have feelings of this kind, or a capacity for such feeling
  2. A painful emotion caused by the awareness of having done something wrong or foolish:
  3. Respect for propriety or morality:
Find another word for obloquy. In this page you can discover 36 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for obloquy, like: insult, railing, infamy, ill repute, dishonor, slander, backbiting, defamation, disgrace, shame and accusation.

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  • For many years she had much obloquy to endure.

  • Terrified by the storm of obloquy which he aroused, he fled from office.

  • for the means of heaping obloquy on all who supported the established institutions of the country."

  • After a life of constant struggle and an obloquy which never relaxed, the sensational close of Zola's career was the signal for an extraordinary burst of eulogy.

  • In 1563 the long-gathering storm of obloquy burst upon the occasion of the publication of his Thirty Dialogues, in one of which his adversaries maintained that he had justified polygamy under colour of a pretended refutation.

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