| slovo | definícia |
obloquy
(encz) | obloquy,hanoba n: Zdeněk Brož |
obloquy
(encz) | obloquy,pomluva n: Zdeněk Brož |
Obloquy
(gcide) | Obloquy \Ob"lo*quy\ ([o^]b"l[-o]*kw[y^]), n. [L. obloquium, fr.
obloqui. See Oblocutor.]
1. Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that
casts contempt on men or their actions; blame;
reprehension.
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Shall names that made your city the glory of the
earth be mentioned with obloquy and detraction?
--Addison.
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2. Cause of reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Syn: Reproach; odium; censure; contumely; gainsaying;
reviling; calumny; slander; detraction.
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obloquy
(wn) | obloquy
n 1: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn:
obloquy, opprobrium]
2: a false accusation of an offense or a malicious
misrepresentation of someone's words or actions [syn:
defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy,
traducement, hatchet job] |
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Obloquy
(gcide) | Obloquy \Ob"lo*quy\ ([o^]b"l[-o]*kw[y^]), n. [L. obloquium, fr.
obloqui. See Oblocutor.]
1. Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that
casts contempt on men or their actions; blame;
reprehension.
[1913 Webster]
Shall names that made your city the glory of the
earth be mentioned with obloquy and detraction?
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. Cause of reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Reproach; odium; censure; contumely; gainsaying;
reviling; calumny; slander; detraction.
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