Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 06, 2014 is:
obloquy • \AH-bluh-kwee\ • noun
1 : a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language 2 : the condition of one that is discredited : bad repute
Examples:
The manager walked quickly back to the dugout as insults and obloquy rained down from the stands.
"Because of the stigma $#@!ociated with drug convictions, such an indictment could be tantamount to a life sentence of obloquy in terms of future employment." — Floral Park Dispatch, January 15, 2014
Did you know?
English speakers can choose from several synonyms to name a tongue-lashing. Abuse is a good general term that usually stresses the anger of the speaker and the harshness of the language, as in "scathing verbal abuse." Vituperation often specifies fluent, sustained abuse; "a torrent of vituperation" is a typical use of this term. Invective implies vehemence comparable to vituperation, but may suggest greater verbal and rhetorical skill; it may also apply especially to a public denunciation, as in "blistering political invective." Obloquy, which comes from the Late Latin ob- (meaning "against") plus loqui (meaning "to speak"), suggests defamation and consequent shame and disgrace; a typical example of its use would be "subjected to obloquy and derision."
obloquy • \AH-bluh-kwee\ • noun
1 : a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language 2 : the condition of one that is discredited : bad repute
Examples:
The manager walked quickly back to the dugout as insults and obloquy rained down from the stands.
"Because of the stigma $#@!ociated with drug convictions, such an indictment could be tantamount to a life sentence of obloquy in terms of future employment." — Floral Park Dispatch, January 15, 2014
Did you know?
English speakers can choose from several synonyms to name a tongue-lashing. Abuse is a good general term that usually stresses the anger of the speaker and the harshness of the language, as in "scathing verbal abuse." Vituperation often specifies fluent, sustained abuse; "a torrent of vituperation" is a typical use of this term. Invective implies vehemence comparable to vituperation, but may suggest greater verbal and rhetorical skill; it may also apply especially to a public denunciation, as in "blistering political invective." Obloquy, which comes from the Late Latin ob- (meaning "against") plus loqui (meaning "to speak"), suggests defamation and consequent shame and disgrace; a typical example of its use would be "subjected to obloquy and derision."
Word of the Day: obloquy
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