ill fame

American  

noun

1. bad reputation, especially in sexual matters.

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Other Word Forms

• ill-famed
  adjective

Example Sentences

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

Next day died a quarrelsome fellow of ill fame for his notorious sins, and when his body was carried past the lame man's door, the paralytic was able to stand.

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel

The town on the Spanish side of the bay has redeemed Gibraltar from its ill fame as a place of entertainment.

From The Gourmet's Guide to Europe by Newnham-Davis, Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel)

It had neither bad name nor ill fame, and Mrs. Grose, most apparently, only desired to cling to me and to quake in silence.

From The Turn of the Screw by James, Henry