infamous
Meaning of infamous
adjective
- Having a bad reputation, disreputable; notoriously bad, unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something bad.
He was an infamous perjurer.
- Causing infamy; disgraceful.
This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.
- Subject to a judicial punishment that 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.
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Hyphenation of infamous
in-fa-mous
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- infamous is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
infamous synonyms
Meaning ill-famed:
Words that rhyme with infamous
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