Obloquy

Noun
obloquy (plural obloquies)


 * 1) Abusive language
 * 2) * 1748, David Hume,  Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973.  § 34.
 * It is surprising, therefore, that this philosophy, which, in almost every instance, must be harmless and innocent, should be the subject of so much groundless reproach and obloquy.
 * 1) Disgrace suffered from abusive language
 * 2) One who denies or disputes

Synonyms

 * defamation, insult
 * opprobrium

Thesaurus
abuse, adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, billingsgate, calumny, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, contumely, criticism, degradation, demotion, depluming, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, displuming, disrepute, exception, faultfinding, flak, hairsplitting, hit, home thrust, hostile criticism, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism, ignobility, ignominiousness, ignominy, imputation, infamousness, infamy, ingloriousness, invective, knock, loss of honor, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, odium, opprobrium, overcriticalness, pestering, pettifogging, priggishness, quibble, quibbling, rap, reflection, reproachfulness, revilement, scurrility, shame, slam, slur, stricture, swipe, taking exception, trichoschistism, vilification, vituperation

Etymology
From obloquium:, from  obloquor:.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 漫罵, 漫骂
 * Dutch:
 * French:


 * German: Schmähung, Schmach
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese: xingamento
 * Russian: злословие, поношение