[
US
/ˈɪnfəmi/
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[ UK /ˈɪnfəmi/ ]
[ UK /ˈɪnfəmi/ ]
NOUN
- evil fame or public reputation
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a state of extreme dishonor
the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city
a date which will live in infamy
How To Use infamy In A Sentence
- But his infamy was sealed by the government's all-out campaign against his hapless sidekicks, falsely portrayed as part of a vast Confederate plot.
- That name will live in infamy for as long as the US continues to exist; the most unintelligible moron to ever foul the Oval Office, as well as the worst president in US history. Think Progress » DC Media Scoff At President Obama’s Substantive And Detailed Answer To Health Care Question
- a date which will live in infamy
- The spectacular mistiming of his own 2001 memoir, Fugitive Days, doomed the book to short-term infamy and long-term obscurity. Deconstructing Obama
- This renown, however, always bordered on infamy.
- For heavy metal fans, the summer of 96 will forever live in infamy.
- Why should I be forced to participate as a member of society in the performance of an act which I regard as abominable infamy?
- A day cannot live in infamy without the nourishment of rage.
- The crash, and the events which followed, have lived on in infamy.
- They look vaguely similar to the sharks of Jaws infamy, huge midriffs tapering to a point at snout and tail.