Syn. -- Reproach; odium; censure; contumely; gainsaying; reviling;
calumny; slander; detraction.
Ob`luc*ta"tion (?), n. [L. oblictutio, fr. obluctari to struggle
against.] A struggle against; resistance; opposition. [Obs.] Fotherby.
Ob`mu*tes"cence (b`m*ts"sens), n. [L. obmutescens, p. pr of obmutescere
to become dumb; ob (see Ob-) + mutescere to grow dumb, fr. mutus dumb.]
1. A becoming dumb; loss of speech. Sir T. Browne.