Infamous Synonyms & Definitions

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• InfamousDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) 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.
2. (a.) Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption.
3. (a.) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.
4. (a.) 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.

• InfamousnessDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.

• InfamouslyDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (adv.) In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully.