infamy

Noun

Meaning

Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.

A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.

That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

opprobrium center stage villainy evil corruption scandal degradation blame contempt shame stain humiliation censure disgrace immorality
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Antonyms

fame lion amity advantage respect reputation
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Hypernyms

dishonor discredit disrepute dishonour

Hyponyms

notoriety ill fame

Related terms

fame infamous

Phrases with the word

badge of infamy

Derivatives

infamies

Anagrams

manify

Examples

Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder. Percy Bysshe Shelley

He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life. Pierre Corneille

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. William Hazlitt

The law of honor: Go along only on the paths of honor. Fight, and never be a coward. Leave the path of infamy to others. Better to fall in an honorable fight than win by infamy. Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

If i thought i was replying to someone who would every return to the world, this flame would cease it's flickering. But since no one has returned from these depths alive, if what I've heard is true, I will answer you without fear of infamy. Dante Alighieri

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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