What does infamous mean?
Definitions for infamous
ˈɪn fə məsin·fa·mous
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Princeton's WordNet
ill-famed, infamous, notoriousadjective
known widely and usually unfavorably
"a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold";
Wiktionary
infamousadjective
having a bad reputation; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad
infamousadjective
causing infamy; disgraceful
This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.
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 Dictionary
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
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
Infamousadjective
causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption
Infamousadjective
branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness
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
Wikidata
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 Dictionary
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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of infamous in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of infamous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of infamous in a Sentence
Text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok andLisa Pagein 2016 that were obtained by Fox News on Tuesday refer to then-candidate Donald Trump as a ‘loathsome human’ and ‘an idiot.’ More than 10,000 texts between Strzok and Page were being reviewed by the Justice Department after Strzok was removed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe after it was revealed that some of them contained anti-Trump content. The messages were sent during the 2016 campaign and contain discussions about various candidates. … House Intelligence Committee investigators have long regarded Strzok as a key figure in the chain of events that began when the bureau, in 2016, received the infamous anti-Trump ‘dossier’ and launched a counterintelligence investigation into Russian meddling in the election that ultimately came to encompass FISA surveillance of a Trump campaign associate.
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.
Citizenship was a central question left open by the original Constitution, at the time it was written, the Constitution assumed citizenship, but it didn't provide any rules for it. In the infamous Dred Scott decision, the Chief Justice said African Americans can't be citizens of the United States and' had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.'.
I am mainly known as the one who verbally counted off' Sweet Home Alabama,' then played the infamous Stratocaster riff as well as the solos in that tune, i am the luckiest guitar player that ever lived. Who could've guessed that song would pay the rent for over 30 years ?
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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- سيء السمعةArabic
- infameCatalan, Valencian
- nechvalně známýCzech
- berygtet, infamøsDanish
- verrufen, anrüchig, entehrend, gemein, berüchtigt, berühmt-berüchtigt, ehrlos, infam, verrucht, niederträchtig, schändlichGerman
- διαβόητοςGreek
- fifamaEsperanto
- infameSpanish
- pahamaineinenFinnish
- æruleysurFaroese
- infâmeFrench
- clúmhillteachIrish
- droch-chliùiteachScottish Gaelic
- infameGalician
- hírhedtHungarian
- infameItalian
- 悪名高いJapanese
- beruchtDutch
- beryktetNorwegian
- niesławnyPolish
- infamePortuguese
- nerușinat, infamRomanian
- бесславный, позорныйRussian
- vanärande, ökänd, avskyvärd, neslig, skändlig, äreslös, vanhederlig, vanfrejdadSwedish
- ayıp, rezilcesine, rezil, alçak, iğrenç, kepâze, utanç verici, kötü şöhretli, rezilâneTurkish
- 臭名昭著Chinese
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