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Noun: obloquy (obloquies)  ó-blu-kwee
  1. State of disgrace resulting from public abuse
    "The disgraced CEO faced obloquy from former employees and shareholders";
    - opprobrium
     
  2. A false accusation of an offence or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
    "The journalist was sued for obloquy after publishing unverified claims";
    - defamation, calumny, calumniation, traducement, hatchet job

Derived forms: obloquies

Type of: depreciation, derogation, disgrace, disparagement, ignominy, shame

Encyclopedia: Obloquy