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Meanings of obloquy in English

Catalan
maldiença

A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.

maldiença
Portuguese
xingamento

State of disgrace resulting from public abuse.

xingamento
Usage of obloquy in English
1
I have encountered ridicule and obloquy; but I do not mind them.
Gordon Keith
2
Yet it is too much to cast such obloquy on the age.
History of the Conquest of Peru
3
I must become her protector, in order to preserve her from obloquy.
Corinne; Or, Italy. Volume 1 (of 2)
4
Not so are we to exempt great criminals from punishment and obloquy.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 / Volume 17, New Series, F...
5
The Army, on Kwannon, was rather more used to obloquy than praise.
Oomphel in the Sky
6
I cared not for obloquy or shame, since he believed me true.
Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
7
This is a miserable subterfuge to shift the obloquy from the judgment.
The Fiend's Delight
8
Then they might drive me forth heaped with obloquy, if they chose.
The Last Shot
9
At present, however, the UDP has incurred no such sustained obloquy.
The Irish Times
10
They appear to be held in considerable obloquy by the Moslems.
The Lands of the Saracen / Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Si...
11
This effectively means that the holder of this office is protected from obloquy.
The Irish Times
12
And he is traduced, derided, despised, held up to public obloquy and loathing.
Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1
13
The advocates of abolition are no longer consigned to unmitigated contempt and obloquy.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 4 of 4
14
He supports her, and she has escaped the obloquy of old-maidism.
Not Pretty, but Precious; And Other Short Stories
15
Juries that convict for the crown will be loaded with obloquy.
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
16
Marie ignored the obloquy and brushed past her, ducking down into the cabin.
The Reality Dysfunction
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Portuguese
xingamento
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