'Infamous' definitions:
Definition of 'infamous'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Infamous'
From: GCIDE
- Infamous \In"fa*mous\, a. [Pref. in- not + famous: cf. L. infamis. See Infamy.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. --Dryden.
- Syn: Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile; shameful; ignominious. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'infamous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrant,
- abhorrent,
- abnormal,
- abominable,
- arrant,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- bad,
- base,
- beastly,
- beneath contempt,
- black,
- blackguardly,
- blamable,
- blameworthy,
- brutal,
- contemptible,
- corrupt,
- criminal,
- damnable,
- dark,
- degenerate,
- degraded,
- delinquent,
- deplorable,
- derogatory,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- deviant,
- dire,
- discreditable,
- disgraceful,
- disgusting,
- dishonorable,
- disreputable,
- dreadful,
- egregious,
- enormous,
- evil,
- execrable,
- fetid,
- filthy,
- flagitious,
- flagrant,
- foul,
- fulsome,
- grievous,
- gross,
- hardly the thing,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- ignoble,
- ignominious,
- illegal,
- improper,
- inappropriate,
- incorrect,
- indecorous,
- inglorious,
- iniquitous,
- knavish,
- lamentable,
- loathsome,
- lousy,
- low,
- miscreant,
- monstrous,
- nasty,
- naughty,
- nefarious,
- noisome,
- not done,
- not the thing,
- notorious,
- obnoxious,
- odious,
- off-base,
- off-color,
- offensive,
- opprobrious,
- out-of-line,
- outrageous,
- peccant,
- perverse,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- rank,
- rascally,
- recreant,
- regrettable,
- reprehensible,
- reprobate,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- roguish,
- rotten,
- sacrilegious,
- sad,
- scampish,
- scandalous,
- schlock,
- scoundrelly,
- scurvy,
- seamy,
- shabby,
- shady,
- shameful,
- shameless,
- shocking,
- shoddy,
- sinful,
- sordid,
- sorry,
- squalid,
- stigmatized,
- terrible,
- too bad,
- unclean,
- undue,
- unfit,
- unfitting,
- unforgivable,
- unhealthy,
- unlawful,
- unpardonable,
- unpraiseworthy,
- unrespectable,
- unrighteous,
- unsavory,
- unseemly,
- unspeakable,
- unsuitable,
- unworthy,
- vicious,
- vile,
- villainous,
- wicked,
- woeful,
- worst,
- worthless,
- wretched,
- wrong,
- wrongful