infamous

Meaning

1. Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.
2. Causing infamy; disgraceful.
3. (UK, historical) Subject to a judicial punishment depriving (the person) of certain rights (e.g. the rights to hold public office, exercise the franchise, receive a public pension, serve on a jury, or give testimony in a court of law).
4. (archaic) Punishable by death or imprisonment.

Synonyms

notorious

shameful

disgraceful

dishonorable

disreputable

inglorious

ignominious

indecent

ill-famed

vile

depraved

foul

scandalous

rascally

ridiculous

rogue

scoundrel

scurrilous

scurvy

villainous

well-known

wicked

notoriously disgraced

contemptible

scurrile

coward

defamed

discreditable

dishonest

dishonourable

flagitious

knavish

mean

miscreant

nameless

opprobrious

profligate

Translations

infame

infâme

infame

infame

berüchtigt

schändlich

infam

κακόφημος

kepaze

rezil

anrüchig

mal famé

διαβόητος

nefando

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪnfəməs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: enfamouse

In summary

From Middle English enfamouse, in-fames, infamous, from Medieval Latin īnfāmōsus, from Latin īnfāmis; by surface analysis, in- + famous. Displaced native Old English unhlīsful.