obloquy
noun
censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, especially by numerous persons or by the general public.
obloquies
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pluralof obloquy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With ponderous trimmings the ceremonies start; the picture runs its petty pace; friends cheer friends; foes whisper obloquies.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a Chicago paper, and it had obloquies of Ricks in every paragraph.
From The Gentle Grafter by H. C. Greening
Complaining as he did, in a half-menacing strain, of the obloquies raised against him—'That if he were innocent, he should despise the obloquy: if not, revenge would not wipe off his guilt.'
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Samuel Richardson
As the barking of a dog, I securely contemn those malicious and scurrile obloquies, flouts, calumnies of railers and detractors; I scorn the rest.
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
