Associations to the word «Obloquy»

Wiktionary

OBLOQUY, noun. Abusive language.
OBLOQUY, noun. Disgrace suffered from abusive language.
OBLOQUY, noun. (archaic) A false accusation; malevolent rumors.

Dictionary definition

OBLOQUY, noun. State of disgrace resulting from public abuse.
OBLOQUY, noun. A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates