Hypertext Webster Gateway: "obloquy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Shall names that made your city the glory of the
earth be mentioned with obloquy and detraction?
--Addison.
2. Cause of reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Reproach; odium; censure; contumely; gainsaying;
reviling; calumny; slander; detraction.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
obloquy
n 1: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn: {opprobrium}]
2: a malicious attack [syn: {defamation}, {calumny}, {traducement},
{hatchet job}]
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