infamous

English

Pronunciation

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• enPR: ĭnʹfə-məs, IPA: /ˈɪnfəməs/, X-SAMPA: /"Inf@m@s/

Adjective

infamous (comparative more infamous, superlative most infamous)

1. having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad

   He was an infamous traitor.

   He was an infamous perjurer.

2. causing infamy; disgraceful

   This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.

3. (archaic) in England / Great Britain, a judicial punishment which deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law.

Derived terms

• infamously
• infamousness
• infamy

Translations

having a bad reputation

• Catalan: infame (ca)
• Czech: nechvalně známý (cs) m
• Dutch: berucht (nl)
• Esperanto: fifama (eo)
• Finnish: pahamaineinen (fi)
• French: infâme (fr) m and f
• Galician: infame (gl)
• German: anrüchig (de), berüchtigt (de), berühmt-berüchtigt (de), ehrlos (de), entehrend (de), gemein (de), infam (de), niederträchtig (de), schändlich (de), verrucht (de), verrufen (de)
• Greek: διαβόητος (el) (diavóitos) 
• Hungarian: hírhedt (hu)

• Norwegian: beryktet (no)
• Polish: niesławny (pl)
• Portuguese: infame (pt) m and f
• Romanian: infam (ro), nerușinat (ro)
• Russian: бесславный (ru) (besslávnyj) , позорный (ru) (pozórnyj) 
• Scottish Gaelic: droch-chliùiteach (gd)
• Spanish: infame (es)
• Swedish: ökänd (sv)
• Turkish: alçak (tr), ayıp (tr), iğrenç (tr), kepâze (tr), kötü şöhretli (tr), rezil (tr), rezilâne (tr), rezilcesine (tr), utanç verici (tr)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary