obloquy

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The Word of the Day for June 7 is: 

obloquy   \AH-bluh-kwee\   noun
    *1 : a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language 
     2 : the condition of one that is discredited : bad repute 

Example sentence:
     The manager walked quickly back to the dugout as insults and obloquy 
rained down from the stands.

Did you know?
     English speakers can choose from several synonyms to name a 
tongue-lashing. "Abuse" is a good general term that usually stresses the anger 
of the speaker and the harshness of the language, as in "scathing verbal 
abuse." "Vituperation" often specifies fluent, sustained abuse; "a torrent of 
vituperation" is a typical use of this term. "Invective" implies vehemence 
comparable to "vituperation," but may suggest greater verbal and rhetorical 
skill; it may also apply especially to a public denunciation, as in "blistering 
political invective." "Obloquy," which comes from the Late Latin "ob-" (meaning 
"against") plus "loqui" (meaning "to speak"), suggests defamation and 
consequent shame and disgrace; a typical example of its use would be "subjected 
to obloquy and derision."

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence. 






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