Word of the Day – Obloquy

Obloquy (noun)

ob-lu-kee

Strong public condemnation, or the shame brought about by public condemnation.

Late Middle English: from late Latin obloquium ‘contradiction’, from Latin obloqui, from ob- ‘against’ + loqui ‘speak’.

Example sentences

“You’d think some of the actors in the Hollywood sex scandal would show a little obloquy.”

“He’d endured years of humiliation and obloquy”