Definitions for infamous
ˈɪn fə məsin·fa·mous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ill-famed, infamous, notoriousadjective

   known widely and usually unfavorably

   "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold";

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1. infamousadjective

   having a bad reputation; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad

2. infamousadjective

   causing infamy; disgraceful

   This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.

3. infamousadjective

   in England / Great Britain, a judicial punishment which deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. INFAMOUSadjective

   Publickly branded with guilt; openly censured; of bad nature.

   Etymology: infamé, infamant, Fr. infamis, Lat.

   Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous. Ezek. xxii. 5.

   These are as some infamous bawd or whore
   Should praise a matron; what could hurt her more. Ben Jonson.

   After times will dispute it, whether Hotham were more infamous at Hull or at Tower-hill. Charles I .

   Persons infamous, or branded with any note of infamy in any publick court of judicature, are, ipso jure, forbidden to be advocates. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

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1. infamous

   Infamous refers to being well-known for some bad quality, deed, or undesirable reputation. It involves having a notorious and unfavorable character that leads to negative public perception.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Infamousadjective

   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

2. Infamousadjective

   causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption

3. Infamousadjective

   branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness

4. Infamousadjective

   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

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1. Infamous

   Infamous is a 2006 American drama film based on the 1997 book by George Plimpton, Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career. It covers the period from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s, during which Truman Capote researched and wrote his bestseller In Cold Blood, a subject covered a year earlier in the film Capote. In this version, Capote is played by Toby Jones. The same role in the previous film earned an Academy Award for actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Lee Pace and Jeff Daniels also have featured roles, with a supporting cast that includes Sigourney Weaver and Hope Davis and a song performance by Gwyneth Paltrow. According to writer/director Douglas McGrath in his DVD commentary, many of the scenes in Infamous, most notably a dramatic sexual encounter between Capote and inmate Perry Smith, occurred only in McGrath's imagination.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Infamous

   in′fa-mus, adj. having a reputation of the worst kind: publicly branded with guilt: notoriously vile: disgraceful.—vs.t. Infame′, to defame; In′famise, Infam′onise (Shak.), to defame, to brand with infamy.—adv. In′famously.—n. In′famy, ill fame or repute: public disgrace: extreme vileness: (law) a stigma attaching to the character of a person so as to disqualify him from being a witness. [Fr.,—L. in, not, fama, fame.]

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1. infamous

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of infamous in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of infamous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of infamous in a Sentence

1. Adam Schiff:

   They have been leading the charge basically to require the Justice Department to give them materials that can be leaked or fed or misrepresented, like the infamous Nunes memorandum, in the service of the president, and in the meantime, they do enormous damage to these institutions. Ultimately, they will be held accountable.

2. Samantha Montano:

   Think of the infamous example of celebrities in California hiring private firefighters, they're better able to protect themselves when these hazards happen.

3. Roger Stone:

   When I go in public, you guys have done a great job of driving my name ID, they always break down about 50-50. Half the people want to take a selfie and shake my hand, the other half want to tell me to go f --- Roger Stone. It is still better to be infamous than never be famous at all.

4. A.E. Samaan:

   The textbook in question in the infamous Scope's Monkey Trial was partially written by the Harvard educated white supremacist, Charles B. Davenport.

5. Sheila Isenberg:

   They want to be infamous too. When Scott Peterson was sent to prison, he got marriage proposals by the bucket before he even got to the prison. They know that if they get involved with these men their name or maybe their picture will get in the paper.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=infamous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Infamous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=infamous
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infamous
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=infamous
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=infamous