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obloquynoun harsh insulting languageunable to mount a rational defense of her position, she unleashed a torrent of obloquy on her opponent abuse, billingsgate, fulmination, invective, scurrility, vitriol, vituperation blackguardismblasphemy, curse, execration, imprecation, malediction, profanityepithet, insult, put-down, slurexpletive, swearwordaspersion, bad-mouthing, belittlement, disparagement, revilement, vilificationcastigation, chastisement, criticism, excoriation, opprobrium, rebuke, reprimand, reproofbroadside, diatribe, harangue, polemic, tirade acclaim, applause, commendation, praisecompliments, congratulations, endearments, felicitationsadulation, blarney, flattery, overpraise, soft soap the state of having lost the esteem of othersalthough he had beaten the murder rap, the accused murderer was condemned to live out his days in perpetual obloquy discredit, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, shame scandalcontempt, despite, disdain, scorndeprecation, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavorabasement, debasement, debasing, degradation, dust, humbling, humiliationblot, brand, shadow, slur, smirch, spot, stain, stigma, taint esteem, honor, respect admiration, appreciation, estimation, regardawe, fear, reverencefame, glory, renown, repute abuse, vituperation, invective, obloquy, billingsgate mean vehemently expressed condemnation or disapproval.abuse, the most general term, usually implies the anger of the speaker and stresses the harshness of the language.scathing verbal abuse vituperation implies fluent and sustained abuse.a torrent of vituperation invective implies a comparable vehemence but suggests greater verbal and rhetorical skill and may apply to a public denunciation.blistering political invective obloquy suggests defamation and consequent shame and disgrace.subjected to obloquy and derision billingsgate implies practiced fluency and variety of profane or obscene abuse.directed a stream of billingsgate at the cabdriver in the 15th century |