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Obloquy Ob Luh Kwee Noun Censure Abusive Language Expressed Disgrace

Obloquy refers to abusive language or public condemnation that results in disgrace.

Obloquy refers to abusive language or public condemnation that results in disgrace.

Front obloquy \OB-luh-kwee\
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noun:
1. Censure or abusive language towards someone, especially when expressed by many.
2. Disgrace resulting from public condemnation. 

[From Latin obloquium (talking against, contradiction), from ob- (against) + loqui (to speak). Ultimately from the Indo-European root tolkw (to speak) that is also the source of somniloquy, loquacious, and allocution.]

"[Jimmy Carter] is a man who is prepared to risk the obloquy and criticism of die-hard neocons and nervous fellow senior Democrats to break the chains of Washington's foolish Middle East peace policy." Carter Mission; Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); Apr 9, 2008. 

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