noun
- harsh criticism or verbal abuse; censure or condemnation
Usage: formal; plural form of obloquy
Examples
- The politician faced obloquies from the press after the scandal broke.
- Despite the obloquies hurled at him, he remained steadfast in his beliefs.
- The author’s controversial book drew obloquies from conservative critics.
- She endured years of obloquies for her unpopular stance on the issue.
- The obloquies directed at the company forced them to change their policies.
- His radical ideas brought obloquies from traditional scholars.