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Infamous

Infamous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Infamous? [adj] having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Infamous: disreputable \| ill-famed \| notorious Related Terms \| Find terms related to Infamous: aberrant \| abhorrent \| abnormal \| abominable \| arrant \| atrocious \| awful \| bad \| base \| beastly \| beneath contempt \| black \| blackguardly \| blamable \| blameworthy \| brutal \| contemptible \| corrupt \| criminal \| damnable \| dark \| degenerate \| degraded \| delinquent \| deplorable \| derogatory \| despicable \| detestable \| deviant \| dire \| discreditable \| disgraceful \| disgusting \| dishonorable \| disreputable \| dreadful \| egregious \| enormous \| evil \| execrable \| fetid \| filthy \| flagitious \| flagrant \| foul \| fulsome \| grievous \| gross \| hardly the thing \| hateful \| heinous \| horrible \| horrid \| ignoble \| ignominious \| illegal \| improper \| inappropriate \| incorrect \| indecorous \| inglorious \| iniquitous \| knavish \| lamentable \| loathsome \| lousy \| low \| miscreant \| monstrous \| nasty \| naughty \| nefarious \| noisome \| not done \| not the thing \| notorious \| obnoxious \| odious \| off-base \| off-color \| offensive \| opprobrious \| out-of-line \| outrageous \| peccant \| perverse \| pitiable \| pitiful \| rank \| rascally \| recreant \| regrettable \| reprehensible \| reprobate \| repulsive \| revolting \| roguish \| rotten \| sacrilegious \| sad \| scampish \| scandalous \| schlock \| scoundrelly \| scurvy \| seamy \| shabby \| shady \| shameful \| shameless \| shocking \| shoddy \| sinful \| sordid \| sorry \| squalid \| stigmatized \| terrible \| too bad \| unclean \| undue \| unfit \| unfitting \| unforgivable \| unhealthy \| unlawful \| unpardonable \| unpraiseworthy \| unrespectable \| unrighteous \| unsavory \| unseemly \| unspeakable \| unsuitable \| unworthy \| vicious \| vile \| villainous \| wicked \| woeful \| worst \| worthless \| wretched \| wrong \| wrongful See Also \| Infamous In Webster's Dictionary \In"fa*mous\, a. [Pref. in- not + famous: cf. L. infamis. See {Infamy}.] 1. Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer. False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn. --Spenser. 2. Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption. --Macaulay. 3. (Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness. 4. Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous. ``Infamous woods.'' --P. Fletcher. Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. --Milton. The piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. --Dryden. Syn: Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile; shameful; ignominious.

Infamous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Infamous?

[adj] having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Infamous: disreputable | ill-famed | notorious

See Also |

Infamous In Webster's Dictionary

\In"fa*mous\, a. [Pref. in- not + famous: cf. L.
infamis. See {Infamy}.]
1. Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind;
   held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to
   infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an
   infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer.

         False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn.
                                               --Spenser.

2. Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation;
   scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act;
   infamous vices; infamous corruption. --Macaulay.

3. (Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at
   common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.

4. Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime
   was committed, or as being associated with something
   detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous.
   ``Infamous woods.'' --P. Fletcher.

         Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. --Milton.

         The piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made.
                                               --Dryden.

Syn: Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile;
     shameful; ignominious.

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