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1. (n.) infamy
extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act:
a time that will live in infamy.
2. infamy
infamous character or conduct.
3. infamy
an infamous act or circumstance.
4. infamy
Law. loss of rights, incurred by conviction of an infamous offense.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME < L infāmia; see infamous,-y3)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) infamy, opprobrium
a state of extreme dishonor
"a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city"
2. (noun) infamy
evil fame or public reputation
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1. (noun) infamy
total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity
2. (noun) infamy
a quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action
3. (noun) infamy
that loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness
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Sense: disgraceful.
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 Afrikaans: skandaligheid, berugtheid |
 Arabic: شناعَه، عار، فُقْدان السّ |
 Bulgarian: позор |
 Brazilian: infâmia |
 Czech: hanba |
 German: die Ehrlosigkeit |
 Danish: berygtethed; nedrighed |
 Greek: όνειδος |
 Spanish: infamia |
 Estonian: kurikuulsus |
 Farsi: ننگ |
 Finnish: häpeä |
 French: infamie |
 Hebrew: שֵם רַע |
 Hindi: अपकीर्ति, बदनामी |
 Croatian: nečasnost, sramota |
 Hungarian: becstelenség, gyalázat(os |
 Indonesian: keburukan |
 Icelandic: smán, vansæmd |
 Italian: infamia |
 Japanese: 悪名 |
 Korean: 악명 |
 Lithuanian: nešlovė |
 Latvian: kauns; negods; nekrietnīb |
 Malay: terkenal |
 Dutch: beruchtheid, schande |
 Norwegian: skjensel, vanære |
 Polish: hańba |
 Persian: ننگ |
 Pashto: غیرت |
 Portuguese: infâmia |
 Romanian: infamie |
 Russian: дурная слава; позор |
 Slovak: hanebnosť |
 Slovenian: nizkotnost |
 Serbian: ozloglašenost |
 Swedish: vanära, skändlighet |
 Thai: การมีชื่อเสียงในทางลบ |
 Turkish: kötü şöhret, rezalet |
 Taiwanese: 聲名狼籍 |
 Ukrainian: ганьба; підлість |
 Urdu: رسوائی |
 Vietnamese: sự ô nhục |
 Chinese: 声名狼籍，臭名 |
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