OBLOQUY
Dictionary entry overview: What does obloquy mean?
• OBLOQUY (noun)
The noun OBLOQUY has 2 senses:
1. state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
2. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
Familiarity information: OBLOQUY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OBLOQUY (noun)
Meaning:
State of disgrace resulting from public abuse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
obloquy; opprobrium
Hypernyms ("obloquy" is a kind of...):
disgrace; ignominy; shame (a state of dishonor)
Meaning:
A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
calumniation; calumny; defamation; hatchet job; traducement; obloquy
Hypernyms ("obloquy" is a kind of...):
depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "obloquy"):
assassination; blackwash; character assassination (an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation)
malignment; smear; vilification (slanderous defamation)
libel (a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person)
slander (words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another)
name calling; names (verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument)
epithet; name (a defamatory or abusive word or phrase)
