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1. (adj.) infamous
having an extremely bad reputation.
2. infamous
deserving of or causing an evil reputation; shamefully bad; detestable:
an infamous deed.
3. infamous
Law.
4. infamous
(of a convicted felon) deprived of certain rights as a citizen.
5. infamous
pertaining to offenses involving such deprivation.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L infāmis)
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| Definition of 'infamous' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) ill-famed, infamous, notorious
known widely and usually unfavorably
"a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold";
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1. (adjective) infamous
well-known for sth bad; = notorious
the infamous child killer; a part of the country infamous for its summer storms
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) infamous
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. (adj) infamous
causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption
3. (adj) infamous
branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness
4. (adj) infamous
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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Sense: (of something bad) well-known; notorious.
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 Afrikaans: berugte |
 Arabic: رَديءالسُّمْعَه |
 Bulgarian: с позорна слава |
 Brazilian: infame |
 Czech: notoricky známý, neblaze |
 German: verrufen |
 Danish: berygtet |
 Greek: κακόφημος |
 Spanish: infame |
 Estonian: kurikuulus |
 Farsi: بدنام |
 Finnish: pahamaineinen |
 French: infâme |
 Hebrew: נוֹדָע לְשִמצָה |
 Hindi: कुख्यात |
 Croatian: nečastan |
 Hungarian: hírhedt |
 Indonesian: terkenal jahatnya |
 Icelandic: illræmdur |
 Italian: infame |
 Japanese: 悪名高い |
 Korean: 악명 높은 |
 Lithuanian: liūdnai pagarsėjęs |
 Latvian: apkaunojošs; kaunpilns |
 Malay: terkenal |
 Dutch: berucht |
 Norwegian: infam, beryktet |
 Polish: niesławny |
 Persian: بدنام |
 Pashto: مشهور بد نام، رسوا، بدنام |
 Portuguese: difamante |
 Romanian: infam |
 Russian: печально известный |
 Slovak: ohavný, hanebný, hnusný |
 Slovenian: razvpit |
 Serbian: ozloglašen |
 Swedish: illa beryktad,ökänd |
 Thai: มีชื่อในทางเลว |
 Turkish: kötü şöhretli, adı kötüye |
 Taiwanese: 聲名狼藉的 |
 Ukrainian: що має недобру славу; ган |
 Urdu: بدنام |
 Vietnamese: có tiếng xấu |
 Chinese: 声名狼藉的 |
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