Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.

    He was an infamous traitor.

    She is infamous for perjury.

    anrüchig, berüchtigt, berühmt-berüchtigt

    бессла́вныйbesslávnyj, позо́рныйpozórnyj, печа́льно изве́стныйpečálʹno izvéstnyj

    безсла́внийbezslávnyj, сумнозві́снийsumnozvísnyj

    known widely and usually unfavorably

  2. Causing infamy; disgraceful.

    This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.

    abscheulich, schändlich

  3. (UK, historical)Subject to a judicial punishment depriving (the person) of certain rights (e.g. the rights to hold public office, exercise the franchise, receive a public pension, serve on a jury, or give testimony in a court of law).

  4. (archaic)Punishable by death or imprisonment.

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Tom is infamous.

  2. Sami was infamous for that shit.

  3. Sharks are infamous for their bloodthirsty natures.

  4. The infamous female burglar was never caught.

    ruБесчестную воровку так никогда и не поймали. — Balamax

  5. Santiago gained infamous popularity for his crimes.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having a bad reputation:
Русский
By meaning 1
having a bad reputation:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
having a bad reputation:
disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous:

Origin

From Middle English enfamouse, in-fames, infamous, from Medieval Latin īnfāmōsus, from Lat

From Middle English enfamouse, in-fames, infamous, from Medieval Latin īnfāmōsus, from Latin īnfāmis; by surface analysis, in- + famous. Displaced native Old English unhlīsful.

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Forms

more infamous, most infamous
Comparativemore infamous Lesson
Superlativemost infamous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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