Antonyms for ill-famed


Grammar : Adj


Definition of ill-famed

  • As in infamous : adj shameful, bad in reputation
  • As in notorious : adj known for a trait, often an
Example sentences :
  • The tradition, he explained, of that ill-famed forest of Velletri, now extirpated.
  • Extract from : « Alone » by Norman Douglas
  • The cellaress is ill-famed with a man called Philip of Villarceaux.
  • Extract from : « Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 » by Eileen Edna Power
  • Boys of ours have been smashed in all these ill-famed spots.
  • Extract from : « From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 » by Philip Gibbs
  • Smith used to have much to say ever afterwards of this famous and ill-famed man.
  • Extract from : « Life of Adam Smith » by John Rae
  • If he passed the ordeal but was ill-famed in the community, he could be banished from the community.
  • Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
  • The ill-famed Orchard, which it was hoped might be consolidated and incorporated into the defences, had an evil reputation.
  • Extract from : « The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 » by Frederick William Bewsher
  • Ill-famed old crones always possess black cats, which possibly partake of the devil.
  • Extract from : « Life on a Mediaeval Barony » by William Stearns Davis
  • How the same saint caused an ill-famed wood near Arezzo to be cut down, is told in Vasari, iii.
  • Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt
  • You find them in ill-looking spots, growing all lonely and ill-famed amidst ruins and rubbish-heaps.
  • Extract from : « La Sorcire: The Witch of the Middle Ages » by Jules Michelet
  • The cellaress is ill-famed with Philip of Villarceaux and with a certain priest of her own neighbourhood.
  • Extract from : « Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 » by Eileen Edna Power

Synonyms for ill-famed

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