infamous

  • 31infamous — [14] The negative connotations of infamous go back a long way – to the word’s source, in fact, Latin infāmis. This did not mean simply ‘not well known’; the prefix in denoted positively ‘bad’, and so infāmis signified ‘of ill repute’. In post… …

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  • 32infamous — adj. Infamous is used with these nouns: ↑incident, ↑murderer, ↑reputation …

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  • 33infamous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. shameful, abominable, disgraceful, unspeakable, contemptible; heinous, atrocious, base, discreditable. See improbity, disrepute. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Bad] Syn. odious, nefarious, base, vile;… …

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  • 34infamous — in|fa|mous [ ınfəməs ] adjective well known for something bad: an infamous criminal ╾ in|fa|mous|ly adverb …

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  • 35infamous — UK [ˈɪnfəməs] / US adjective well known for something bad an infamous criminal Derived word: infamously adverb …

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  • 36infamous — [ˈɪnfəməs] adj well known for something bad Syn: notorious an infamous criminal[/ex] …

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  • 37infamous — in•fa•mous [[t]ˈɪn fə məs[/t]] adj. 1) having an extremely bad reputation 2) deserving of or causing an evil reputation; shamefully bad; detestable: an infamous deed[/ex] 3) law Law. a) (of a convicted felon) deprived of certain rights as a… …

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  • 38infamous — See infamia facti; infamous crime …

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  • 39Infamous (video game) — Infamous North American cover Developer(s) Sucker Punch Productions Publisher(s) Sony Computer Entertainment …

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  • 40Infamous Adventures — (commonly referred to as IA) is an amateur game development company, founded in 2004 by Shawn Mills (screen name Klytos) and Steven Alexander (screen name Blackthorne), and is dedicated to making games in the classic adventure made famous by the… …

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