Word
Infamous
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
in-fa-mous
Definition
- 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.
- a. - Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation;
scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices;
infamous corruption.
- a. - Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at
common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.
- 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.
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