Synonyms for infamy

Grammar : Noun

Spell : in-fuh-mee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn fə mi

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Définition of infamy

Origin : early 15c., from Old French infamie (14c.), earlier infame, and directly from Latin infamia "ill fame, bad repute, dishonor, from infamis "of ill fame," from in- "not, without" + fama "reputation" (see fame (n.)).

noun shameful, bad reputation

Example sentences :

And am I to be hurried along by this stream of corruption to infamy and oblivion!
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

The door is immediately behind the companion of your infamy.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

He would be spotted, branded with the sign of infamy, hunted from the world!
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

The organs of treason and of infamy refer always to McClellan.
Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

There is no infamy which has not been justified, glorified or even deified in this way.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

He had now an opportunity to display his infamy and barbarity.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith

This tariff of favours and of infamy descends 'ad infinitum'.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith

And now the thing was repeated, and this time the infamy was even worse.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

When I came to Court the infamy was a thing accomplished—all of it.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

I took it limply, thus clenching the bargain of infamy between us.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

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