What is another word for obloquy?
448 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɒbləkwˌɪ], [ ˈɒbləkwˌɪ], [ ˈɒ_b_l_ə_k_w_ˌɪ]
Obloquy is a noun that means criticism, censure, or verbal abuse aimed to discredit an individual or group. There are several synonyms for this word, including opprobrium, vituperation, revilement, or defamation. Opprobrium connotes a harsh and public condemnation of someone's actions or character, while vituperation describes language used to blame or insult someone. Revilement refers to a verbal expression of strong disapproval or contempt, and defamation denotes a false or malicious statement about someone that damages their reputation. Other synonyms include slander, disparagement, calumny, and aspersion, all of which describe some kind of verbal attack or criticism aimed at damaging someone's reputation or character.
Synonyms for Obloquy:
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- Bashing ,
- barrage ,
- disapproval ,
- mud ,
- recrimination ,
- uproar .
- bad mouthings ,
- bad-mouthings ,
- badmouthings ,
- hosings ,
- kicking arounds ,
- knifings ,
- pushing arounds ,
- signifyings ,
- up braiding ,
- up braidings ,
- up-braiding ,
- up-braidings ,
- upbraidings .
- ex communication ,
- ex communications ,
- ex-communication ,
- ex-communications ,
- threat punishment ,
- threatenings .
- blasphemings ,
- cuss words ,
- cussings ,
- damnings ,
- dirty names ,
- four letter word ,
- fourletter word ,
- male diction ,
- male dictions ,
- male-diction ,
- male-dictions ,
- malisons ,
- no no ,
- no no's ,
- no nos ,
- nono ,
- nono's ,
- nonos ,
- objurations .
- cheap shots ,
- dirty laundries ,
- low down dirties ,
- low down dirty ,
- low-down dirties ,
- lowdown dirties ,
- lowdown dirty ,
- slap face .
- dis courtesies ,
- dis courtesy ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honors ,
- dis-courtesies ,
- dis-courtesy ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honors ,
- out rages ,
- out-rage ,
- out-rages .
- de spite ,
- de spites ,
- de-spite ,
- de-spites ,
- despites ,
- disdainfulnesses ,
- in civilities ,
- in civility ,
- in-civilities ,
- in-civility ,
- un pleasantries ,
- un pleasantry ,
- un-pleasantries ,
- un-pleasantry .
- cock and bull story ,
- in veracities ,
- in veracity ,
- in-veracities ,
- in-veracity ,
- un truth ,
- un truths ,
- un-truth ,
- un-truths .
- dis honesties ,
- dis honesty ,
- dis information ,
- dis informations ,
- dis-honesties ,
- dis-honesty ,
- dis-information ,
- dis-informations ,
- disinformations ,
- fraudulences ,
- hyper bole ,
- hyper boles ,
- hyper-bole ,
- hyper-boles ,
- in accuracies ,
- in accuracy ,
- in-accuracies ,
- in-accuracy ,
- mis representation ,
- mis representations ,
- mis statement ,
- mis statements ,
- mis-representation ,
- mis-statements ,
- tall stories .
Other synonyms:
- Reviling ,
- bad name ,
- bad odor ,
- billingsgate ,
- disgrace ,
- ill repute ,
- lie ,
- revilement ,
- scurrilousness .
- shame .
Other relevant words:
- Abjectness ,
- Backbiting ,
- Blackguardism ,
- Calumniation ,
- Captiousness ,
- Dedecoration ,
- Depluming ,
- Discommendation ,
- Displuming ,
- HIT ,
- Hypercriticism ,
- Ignobility ,
- Infamousness ,
- Ingloriousness ,
- Inveracity ,
- Maligning ,
- Obtrectation ,
- Reproachfulness ,
- Scandalum magnatum ,
- Shaming ,
- abasement ,
- abuse ,
- accusation ,
- adverse criticism ,
- affront ,
- allegation ,
- animadversion ,
- aspersion ,
- assassination ,
- attaint ,
- bad notices ,
- bad press ,
- bad repute ,
- belittlement ,
- berating ,
- black list ,
- blemish ,
- blot ,
- boo ,
- calumny ,
- carping ,
- catcall ,
- cavil ,
- caviling ,
- censoriousness ,
- censure ,
- chide ,
- condemnation ,
- contempt ,
- criticism ,
- curse ,
- damage ,
- debasement ,
- degradation ,
- demean ,
- demotion ,
- denigration ,
- denunciation ,
- deprecation ,
- depreciation ,
- derision ,
- derogation ,
- detraction ,
- disapprobation ,
- discourtesy ,
- discredit ,
- disdain ,
- disesteem ,
- disfavor ,
- disfavour ,
- dishonour ,
- disparagement ,
- dispraise ,
- disrespect ,
- embarrassment ,
- epithet ,
- evil-speaking ,
- exception ,
- execration ,
- faultfinding ,
- flak ,
- fulmination ,
- gibe ,
- hairsplitting ,
- hiss ,
- hoot ,
- humbling ,
- ignominiousness ,
- ill fame ,
- imprecation ,
- imputation ,
- indignity ,
- infamy ,
- injury ,
- insult ,
- irreverence ,
- jeer ,
- jibe ,
- judgment ,
- knock ,
- libel ,
- loss of face ,
- loss of honor ,
- malediction ,
- misrepresentation ,
- mortification ,
- nagging ,
- niggle ,
- niggling ,
- nit ,
- nit-picking ,
- nitpicking ,
- notoriety ,
- notoriousness ,
- objection ,
- objurgation ,
- offence ,
- ostracism ,
- outrage ,
- pestering ,
- pettifogging ,
- priggishness ,
- quibble ,
- quibbling ,
- rap ,
- ravish ,
- reflection ,
- reprehension ,
- reproach ,
- reprobation ,
- ridicule ,
- scandal ,
- scolding ,
- scorn ,
- slam ,
- slander ,
- slap ,
- slight ,
- slur ,
- smear ,
- snub ,
- stain ,
- stigma ,
- strict ,
- swipe ,
- taking exception ,
- taunt ,
- tongue-lashing ,
- upbraiding ,
- vilification ,
- vilify ,
- vitiation ,
- vitriol .
- Malison ,
- Objuration ,
- Unpleasantries ,
- Unpleasantry ,
- backhanded compliment ,
- cattiness ,
- cheap shot ,
- cursings ,
- cuss word ,
- defamation ,
- dirty dig ,
- dirty laundry ,
- dirty linen ,
- dirty name ,
- disbarment ,
- disdainfulness ,
- disinformation ,
- fable ,
- falseness ,
- falsification ,
- falsifications ,
- fraudulence ,
- gossip ,
- hosing ,
- idle rumor ,
- ill-repute ,
- ink ,
- inks ,
- jeremiad ,
- kicking around ,
- low-down dirty ,
- malicious statement ,
- mis-statement ,
- misstatement ,
- naughty word ,
- naughty words ,
- no-no ,
- no-no's ,
- no-nos ,
- obscenity ,
- opprobrium ,
- perjury ,
- pollution ,
- potshot ,
- potshots ,
- pushing around ,
- put-down ,
- putdown ,
- quinine ,
- quinines ,
- renowns ,
- sacrilege ,
- scorcher ,
- scorchers ,
- shamefulness ,
- skeleton in closet ,
- slap in face ,
- slap in the face ,
- slap the face ,
- smearings ,
- spite ,
- spitefulness ,
- stigmatization ,
- take-down ,
- takedown ,
- takedowns ,
- tall story ,
- threat of punishment ,
- traducement ,
- upbraidment ,
- verbal abuse ,
- whammy ,
- wises .
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How to use "Obloquy" in context?
One of the most shameful things that can happen to a person is to be publicly vilified. This word, obloquy, comes from the Latin word for "attack." Obloquy can describe any kind of attack, including public criticism, slander, and defamation. When a person is the target of obloquy, it can feel like a personal attack. Obloquy can be a very wounding experience. The victim may feel ashamed and embarrassed, and may even feel like they are a target for everyone's ridicule. Obloquy can have a devastating impact on a person's reputation.
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