Word of the Day
The Word of the Day for June 7 is:
obloquy • \AH-bluh-kwee\
*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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obloquy • \AH-bluh-kwee\
*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.
Brought to you by (manipulative)
Stolen for you from Webster Online Dictionary.
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