obloquy

The statements made by the D.A.’s office, the complaint alleges, made Thomas “the object of obloquy and ridicule.”

“Defendant did his job professionally and in good faith, created a spectacular Exhibition that garnered rave reviews, set attendance records, made a substantial profit,” he continued, “and is not deserving of the obloquy heaped upon him by OMA’s Complaint.”

When the case reached the 5th Circuit, Judge Andrew Oldham wrote his own vicious opinion shot through with anti-abortion obloquy.

That’s a shame, because the airline’s 11 outside directors are arguably the guiltiest of the guilty parties in the company’s recent fiasco, the most deserving of obloquy.

Yes, the presidency was a thankless job, “a most unpleasant seat, full of thorns, briars, thistles, murmuring, fault-finding, calumny, obloquy.”