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Meaning of 'infamy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Infamy [ n.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'infamy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . infamy [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a state of extreme dishonor
Example in sentence:
  • a date which will live in infamy;
  • the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city

Nearby Words:

infabricated infallibilist infallibility infallible infallibleness infallibly infame infamies infamize infamized

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