infamous

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more infamous

Superlative

most infamous

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.
Đồng nghĩa: ill-famed, nefarious, nithing, disreputable, ill-famed, infamous, nefarious, niddering, nidering, nithing, notorious
2.
Causing infamy; disgraceful.
This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.
3.
(UK, historical)(UK, historical, of a person) 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)(archaic, of a crime) Punishable by death or imprisonment.

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Đồng nghĩa

ill-famednefarious nithing disreputable niddering nidering notorious

Cùng gốc / liên quan

infamouslyinfamousnessinfamy

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English enfamouse, in-fames, infamous, from īnfāmōsus, from Latin īnfāmis; in- famous. Displaced native unhlīsful.