What does the word obloquy mean?
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Usage examples for obloquy
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Men
may
say
when
they
hear
this,
that
I
do
not
merit
the
crown
you
will
put
upon
my
head;
that
I
have
lain
on
a
couch
while
you
fought
for
me;
but
I
will
bear
all
obloquy
rather
than
deserve
its
slightest
charge,
by
withholding
you
an
hour
from
the
great
work
of
Scotland's
peace."
– The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter
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It
was
a
moment
of
proud
satisfaction
to
the
three
associates,
who,
in
spite
of
obloquy,
derision,
and
every
impediment
which
the
distrust
of
friends
or
the
coldness
of
government
could
throw
in
their
way,
had
persevered
in
their
great
enterprise
until
they
had
established
the
truth
of
what
had
been
so
generally
denounced
as
a
chimera.
– History-of-the-Conquest-of-Peru-with-a-preliminary-view-of-the-civilization-of-the-Incas by Prescott, William Hickling
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What
laughter,
what
jeers,
what
contempt,
what
obloquy,
what
scorn
would
have
been
heaped
upon
the
woman's
head!
– A Little Book for Christmas by Cyrus Townsend Brady