- Obloquious
- Obloquious Ob*lo"qui*ous, a. Containing obloquy; reproachful [R.] --Naunton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Obloquious
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obloquious — index calumnious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
obloquious — adjective obsolete : characterized by obloquy … Useful english dictionary
calumnious — I adjective abusive, blackening, calumniatory, castigatory, caustic, censorious, comminatory, compromising, condemnatory, contemptuous, contumelious, criminatory, criminosus, damaging, damnatory, decrying, defamatory, denigratory, denunciatory,… … Law dictionary
obloquy — (n.) mid 15c., evil speaking, from L.L. obloquium speaking against, contradiction, from obloqui to speak against, contradict, from ob against (see OB (Cf. ob )) + loqui to speak, from PIE *tolkw /*tlokw to speak (see … Etymology dictionary
abusive — [adj] exhibiting unkind behavior or words calumniating, castigating, censorious, contumelious, defamatory, derisive, disparaging, insolent, insulting, invective, libelous, maligning, obloquious, offensive, opprobrious, reproachful, reviling, rude … New thesaurus
