Infamous - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈɪnfəməs|  American pronunciation of the word infamous
Brit.  |ˈɪnfəməs|  British pronunciation of the word infamous

adjective

- known widely and usually unfavorably (syn: notorious)
the infamous Benedict Arnold

Extra examples

He committed an infamous crime.

The sanitary conditions were, without exception, infamous.

Los Angeles' infamous smog

This area is infamous for drugs and prostitution.

...the district is infamous for its brothels and drug dealers...

...a city that in biblical times was infamous for licentiousness and harlotry...

The most infamous of South America's poisonous snakes are the ringed coral snake and the pit viper.

...the infamous massacre of more than 200 Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota...

Cars freed Americans, already infamous for their mobility, from the tyranny of train schedules.

...Nell Gwyn is remembered as one of the most infamous courtesans in the annals of whoredom....

...Cain has the distinction of being the Bible's first and most infamous manslayer....

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