INFAMOUS

infamous. infamous, ill reported of, or defamed

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infamous. Infamous, a. vile, base, scandalous, notorious

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In″fa‐mous (?), a. [[Pref. in- not + famous: cf. L. infamis. See Infamy.]] 1. 1. 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.
False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn. Spenser. 2. 2. Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption. Macaulay.
3. 3. (Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.
4. 4. 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. “Infamous woods.” P. Fletcher.
Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. Milton. The piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. Dryden. Syn. — Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile; shameful; ignominious.