infamy
extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act: a time that will live in infamy.
infamous character or conduct.
an infamous act or circumstance.
Law. loss of rights, incurred by conviction of an infamous offense.
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Watson’s portrayal of Franklin as a raging termagant who one day “in her hot anger” was going to strike Watson for interrupting her constituted one scene that lived in infamy for years.
One of the Most Egregious Ripoffs in the History of Science - Issue 107: The Edge | Kevin Berger | October 20, 2021 | NautilusSo for those of us who have been using it for years, its sudden infamy was unexpected and unwelcome.
What happens when your prescription drug becomes the center of covid misinformation | Abby Ohlheiser | September 8, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewHe appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial later that year poking fun at his infamy, and after retiring as a player went on to become a successful manager.
England vs Germany Offers End to 25 Years of Hurt for One Man, and a Nation | Dan Stewart | June 28, 2021 | TimePerformance artist Regina Jose Galindo connects such crimes with larger political infamies in her native Guatemala.
In the galleries: A painful, political take on the art of cruel shoes | Mark Jenkins | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostIn always admiring and sometimes loving detail, Isaacson narrates the excitement of discovery, the heat of competition, and the rise of scientific celebrity—and, in He’s case, infamy.
Some were even questioning if the NFL could survive its own infamy.
Lane is one of those criminals whose 15 minutes of infamy never seem to end.
Next day, DSK was perp-walking his way, haggard and grizzled, into infamy.
French Political Sex Movie About DSK Sets Cannes Aquiver | Tracy McNicoll | May 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDolours Price would later gain infamy as the leader of a bombing team that devastated London in 1973.
An adult-entertainment company wants Foxy Knoxy to take a paltry sum of money to extend her 15 minutes of infamy.
Porn Company Wants Amanda Knox To Star In Adult Entertainment Film | Lizzie Crocker | February 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt shall be recounted, to the perpetual infamy and dishonour of the man who uttered it.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperAudacious manDefies the threats of the avenging sea,And to new shores and to new stars repeatsThe same sad tale of infamy and woe.
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi | Giacomo LeopardiBut this pious reverence gave place to a more mercenary spirit, and the trade in relics became a traffic of infamy and disgrace.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowIt was then the badge of infamy and sign of shame—the punishment of the basest of slaves and the vilest of malefactors.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowDiard was placed by public opinion on the bench of infamy where many an able man was already seated.
Juana | Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for infamy
/ (ˈɪnfəmɪ) /
the state or condition of being infamous
an infamous act or event
Origin of infamy
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