obloquy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

obloquy
    n 1: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn:
         {obloquy}, {opprobrium}]
    2: a false accusation of an offense or a malicious
       misrepresentation of someone's words or actions [syn:
       {defamation}, {calumny}, {calumniation}, {obloquy},
       {traducement}, {hatchet job}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Obloquy \Ob"lo*quy\ ([o^]b"l[-o]*kw[y^]), n. [L. obloquium, fr.
   obloqui. See {Oblocutor}.]
   1. Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that
      casts contempt on men or their actions; blame;
      reprehension.
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            Shall names that made your city the glory of the
            earth be mentioned with obloquy and detraction?
                                                  --Addison.
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   2. Cause of reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   Syn: Reproach; odium; censure; contumely; gainsaying;
        reviling; calumny; slander; detraction.
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69 Moby Thesaurus words for "obloquy": abuse, adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, billingsgate, calumny, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, contumely, criticism, degradation, demotion, depluming, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, displuming, disrepute, exception, faultfinding, flak, hairsplitting, hit, home thrust, hostile criticism, hypercriticalness, hypercriticism, ignobility, ignominiousness, ignominy, imputation, infamousness, infamy, ingloriousness, invective, knock, loss of honor, nagging, niggle, niggling, nit, nit-picking, odium, opprobrium, overcriticalness, pestering, pettifogging, priggishness, quibble, quibbling, rap, reflection, reproachfulness, revilement, scurrility, shame, slam, slur, stricture, swipe, taking exception, trichoschistism, vilification, vituperation