Antonyms for ill fame


Grammar : Noun


Definition of ill fame

  • As in disrepute : noun dishonor, shame
Example sentences :
  • She had been the daughter of a race of ill fame, fatherless, and all but motherless.
  • Extract from : « Corleone » by F. Marion Crawford
  • Two members of his family—a sister and a brother—have been convicted of theft and "conducting a house of ill fame."
  • Extract from : « Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders » by W. H. Triggs, Donald McGavin, Frederick Truby King, J. Sands Elliot, Ada G. Patterson, C.E. Matthews and J. Beck
  • The houses of ill fame were riotous with men let loose upon a holiday.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Market Place » by Edgar Lee Masters
  • I kept my eye upon one of those priests, from the moment he entered this house of ill fame until twelve o'clock at night.
  • Extract from : « Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries » by William Hogan
  • On the other hand, the arrests for keeping disorderly houses increased 109, and for keeping houses of ill fame 407.
  • Extract from : « Chicago, Satan's Sanctum » by L. O. Curon
  • Many of these notorious dens are located in the midst of a forest of houses of ill fame.
  • Extract from : « Chicago, Satan's Sanctum » by L. O. Curon
  • Some back door of a house of ill fame is open to him for shelter, for wine, and oftentimes for food.
  • Extract from : « Chicago, Satan's Sanctum » by L. O. Curon
  • His ill fame increased in still greater proportion, especially when he assumed the airs of a sorcerer.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions » by Charles Mackay
  • I reached my sixteenth year without having left that house of ill fame.
  • Extract from : « The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 » by Eugne Sue
  • Such conditions would naturally be ideal for the owner of a house of ill fame, or for a pandar.
  • Extract from : « The Satyricon, Complete » by Petronius Arbiter

Synonyms for ill fame

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