obloquy

The word “obloquy” has 3 syllables: ob-lo-quy

It's pronounced as /ˈɒbləkwi/


What is synonym and antonym for obloquy?

In the thesaurus, “obloquy” has 78 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for obloquy along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for obloquy

  • abasement
  • abuse
  • animadversion
  • aspersion
  • bad press
  • bad-mouthing
  • belittlement
  • billingsgate
  • blackguardism
  • blasphemy
  • blot
  • brand
  • broadside
  • castigation
  • censure
  • chastisement
  • contempt
  • criticism
  • curse
  • debasement
  • debasing
  • defamation
  • degradation
  • deprecation
  • despite
  • diatribe
  • disapprobation
  • disapproval
  • discredit
  • disdain
  • disesteem
  • disfavor
  • disgrace
  • dishonor
  • disparagement
  • disrepute
  • dust
  • epithet
  • excoriation
  • execration
  • expletive
  • fulmination
  • harangue
  • humbling
  • humiliation
  • ignominy
  • imprecation
  • infamy
  • insult
  • invective
  • malediction
  • odium
  • opprobrium
  • polemic
  • profanity
  • put-down
  • rebuke
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reproof
  • revilement
  • scandal
  • scorn
  • scurrility
  • shadow
  • shame
  • slander
  • slur
  • smirch
  • spot
  • stain
  • stigma
  • swearword
  • taint
  • tirade
  • vilification
  • vitriol
  • vituperation

Antonyms for obloquy

  • acclaim
  • admiration
  • adulation
  • applause
  • appreciation
  • approval
  • awe
  • blarney
  • commendation
  • compliment
  • compliments
  • congratulations
  • endearments
  • esteem
  • estimation
  • exaltation
  • fame
  • fear
  • felicitations
  • flattery
  • glorification
  • glory
  • honor
  • overpraise
  • praise
  • regard
  • renown
  • repute
  • respect
  • reverence
  • soft soap

Meanings of obloquy

  • noun
    1. Abusive language.
    2. Disgrace.
    3. A false accusation; malevolent rumors.

Example Sentences

  • The scandal brought obloquy upon the once-respected public figure, tarnishing their reputation irreparably.
  • Despite his good intentions, his actions were met with obloquy from those who misunderstood his motives.
  • The author faced obloquy from critics who accused her of plagiarism, despite evidence to the contrary.
  • The company's decision to lay off workers led to widespread obloquy in the media, sparking public outrage.
  • In times of crisis, leaders often bear the brunt of obloquy, facing criticism for decisions made under pressure.

On this page you'll find 109 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to obloquy, such as: abasement, abuse, acclaim, admiration, adulation, animadversion, applause.

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Related Words

backbiting

  • abuse
  • aspersion
  • backstabbing
  • belittlement
  • calumniation
  • calumny
  • cattiness
  • censure
  • condemnation
  • criticism
  • de-emphasis
  • defamation
  • denigration
  • denouncement
  • denunciation
  • deprecation
  • depreciation
  • derision
  • derogation
  • detraction
  • diminishment
  • disparagement
  • gossip
  • invective
  • libel
  • lie
  • malice
  • minimization
  • mockery
  • obloquy
  • put-down
  • ridicule
  • scandal
  • slander
  • soft-pedaling
  • spite
  • spitefulness
  • tale
  • traducement
  • vilification
  • vituperation

eavesdropping

  • aspersion
  • attentiveness
  • backbiting
  • backstabbing
  • belittlement
  • bugging
  • calumny
  • cloak-and-dagger
  • concern
  • counterespionage
  • counterintelligence
  • crime
  • curiosity
  • curiousness
  • defamation
  • depreciation
  • detraction
  • dirty linen
  • discredit
  • disgrace
  • dishonor
  • disparagement
  • disrepute
  • dope
  • dynamite
  • espionage
  • goods
  • gossip
  • hearsay
  • idle rumor
  • ignominy
  • infamy
  • inquiry
  • inquisitive
  • inquisitiveness
  • inquisitorial
  • inquisitory
  • intelligence
  • interest
  • interested
  • interference
  • interfering
  • intermeddling
  • interrogation
  • intrusive
  • intrusiveness
  • lowdown
  • meddlesome
  • meddlesomeness
  • mud
  • nosiness
  • obloquy
  • observation
  • obtrusiveness
  • officiousness
  • opprobrium
  • personal
  • prying
  • questioning
  • reconnaissance
  • regard
  • reproach
  • rubbernecking
  • rumor
  • scorcher
  • searching
  • shame
  • sin
  • skeleton in closet
  • slander
  • snooping
  • snoopy
  • spying
  • surveillance
  • tale
  • talk
  • tradecraft
  • turpitude
  • wiretapping
  • wonderment
  • wrongdoing

objurgation

  • accusation
  • admonishment
  • admonition
  • affliction
  • animadversion
  • arraignment
  • attack
  • attribution
  • bawling-out
  • belittlement
  • berating
  • blame
  • business
  • castigation
  • censure
  • charge
  • chastisement
  • chewing-out
  • chiding
  • comeuppance
  • commination
  • complaint
  • condemnation
  • correction
  • criticism
  • damnation
  • denunciation
  • deprecation
  • depreciation
  • devil
  • diatribe
  • disapprobation
  • disapproval
  • disfavor
  • disparagement
  • dressing-down
  • earful
  • excoriation
  • expostulation
  • exprobation
  • going-over
  • hard time
  • impeachment
  • implication
  • imputation
  • incrimination
  • inculpation
  • indictment
  • invective
  • kick in the teeth
  • lash
  • lecture
  • lesson
  • obloquy
  • opposition
  • ostracism
  • pan
  • punishment
  • put down
  • rap
  • rating
  • rebuff
  • rebuke
  • recrimination
  • refusal
  • remonstrance
  • reprehension
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reprobation
  • reproof
  • reproval
  • repudiation
  • repulse
  • riot act
  • row
  • scolding
  • slap in the face
  • slur
  • snub
  • stricture
  • talking-to
  • telling-off
  • tirade
  • tongue-lashing
  • upbraiding

zinger

  • accusation
  • affront
  • aggression
  • animadversion
  • antic
  • aspersion
  • assailment
  • assault
  • attack
  • back talk
  • bang
  • bar sinister
  • bat
  • battery
  • bell-ringer
  • belt
  • black eye
  • blemish
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • blot
  • blow
  • blur
  • bonk
  • box
  • brand
  • brickbat
  • buffet
  • butt
  • calumny
  • caper
  • chop
  • clip
  • clout
  • clowning
  • collision
  • comeback
  • crack
  • cuff
  • cut
  • dig
  • dirty dig
  • discredit
  • disgrace
  • dudgeon
  • dump
  • escapade
  • farce
  • fisticuff
  • frolic
  • gag
  • glance
  • harm
  • hit
  • huff
  • hurt
  • impact
  • indignation
  • indignity
  • injury
  • injustice
  • innuendo
  • insinuation
  • insult
  • joke
  • knock
  • lark
  • laugh
  • left-handed compliment
  • lick
  • miff
  • mischief
  • monkeyshine
  • mugging
  • obloquy
  • odium
  • one-liner
  • one-two punch
  • onset
  • onslaught
  • onus
  • outrage
  • parody
  • paste
  • pat
  • pique
  • plunk
  • prank
  • punch
  • push
  • put down
  • put on
  • put-down
  • quip
  • rap
  • rebuttal
  • reflection
  • remark
  • repartee
  • reproach
  • resentment
  • retort
  • rib
  • riposte
  • roundhouse
  • sally
  • shenanigan
  • shock
  • shot
  • slam
  • slap
  • slap in the face
  • slight
  • slog
  • smack
  • smart crack
  • smash
  • smear
  • snub
  • sock
  • spank
  • squelch
  • stain
  • stigma
  • stricture
  • stroke
  • stunt
  • swat
  • swing
  • swipe
  • tap
  • trick
  • umbrage
  • uppercut
  • wallop
  • whammy
  • whop
  • wisecrack
  • witticism
  • witty comeback
  • witty comment
  • witty remark
  • yarn
  • zap

backstabbing

  • abandonment
  • abuse
  • artful
  • aspersion
  • backbiting
  • beguiling
  • belittlement
  • betrayal
  • betraying
  • black eye
  • blame
  • business
  • calumniation
  • calumny
  • cattiness
  • censure
  • character assassination
  • cheap shot
  • condemnation
  • contempt
  • contumely
  • crafty
  • crime
  • crossing
  • cunning
  • damage
  • debasement
  • deceit
  • deceiving
  • deception
  • deceptive
  • defamation
  • degradation
  • denigration
  • denunciation
  • deprecation
  • depreciation
  • derision
  • derogation
  • desertion
  • detraction
  • dirt
  • dirty laundry
  • dirty linen
  • discredit
  • disdain
  • disesteem
  • disgrace
  • dishonest
  • dishonor
  • disloyalty
  • disparagement
  • disrepute
  • double cross
  • double-crossing
  • double-dealing
  • dump
  • duplicity
  • dynamite
  • eavesdropping
  • faithlessness
  • falseness
  • falsity
  • foxy
  • fraud
  • fraudulent
  • giving away
  • going back on
  • gossip
  • guile
  • guileful
  • harm
  • hearsay
  • hit
  • hurt
  • hypocritical
  • idle rumor
  • ignominy
  • impairment
  • infamy
  • infidelity
  • informing
  • injury
  • injustice
  • innuendo
  • insincere
  • insinuation
  • invective
  • knavish
  • knock
  • lessening
  • libel
  • libeling
  • lie
  • low-down dirty
  • lying
  • malice
  • maligning
  • minimization
  • misleading
  • misrepresentation
  • muckraking
  • mud
  • mud-slinging
  • obloquy
  • opprobrium
  • peaching
  • pejorative
  • perfidy
  • prejudice
  • rap
  • reproach
  • revilement
  • ridicule
  • rumor
  • running down
  • scam
  • scandal
  • scandalmongering
  • scorcher
  • scorn
  • scurrility
  • selling down the river
  • sellout
  • shame
  • shifty
  • shopping
  • sin
  • skeleton in closet
  • slam
  • slander
  • slap in face
  • slime
  • slur
  • sly
  • smear
  • smear campaign
  • sneaky
  • snitching
  • spite
  • spitefulness
  • stabbing in the back
  • swindle
  • tale
  • talebearing
  • talk
  • traducement
  • traducing
  • treachery
  • treason
  • trickery
  • tricky
  • turning in
  • turpitude
  • two-facedness
  • two-timing
  • underestimation
  • underhanded
  • unfaithfulness
  • untruthful
  • vilification
  • vituperation
  • wrong
  • wrongdoing

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