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Another word for obloquy

Noun

  1. Harsh, often insulting language

    2. See also:

    praise

  2. Loss of or damage to one's reputation

    3. See also:

    respect

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Another word for obloquy

Noun

  1. Disgrace

    2. See also:

    shame

    disgrace

  2. Slanderous matter

    3. See also:

    objection

    insult

    blame

    accusation

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Sentence Examples

  • For many years she had much obloquy to endure.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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