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ill fame

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noun

  1. bad reputation, especially in sexual matters.


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There is, of course, a good reason for am-dram's ill fame.

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2012

Each of them have already made unfathomable sums of money and known, for good and ill, fame at its most hardcore.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2010

More than one house in England was tenantless at this time because of its ill fame, and tales of the appearances of the departed dead were believed in by both clergy and people alike.

From The Coming of the King by Hocking, James

The country is full of stories concerning it, and it has long had an ill fame.

From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.

Secondly, that thus she might be safeguarded from ill fame.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint