English-Thai Dictionary

infamous

ADJ น่าอับอาย  น่าขายหน้า  shameful notorious disreputable dishonourable na-ab-ai

 

infamously

ADV อย่าง เลวทราม น่าเกลียด ชัง  อย่าง เสื่อม เสียชื่อเสียง ใน ทาง ที่ แย่มาก 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INFAMOUS

a.[L. infamis; infamo, to defame; in and fama, fame. ] 1. Of ill report, emphatically; having a reputation of the worst kind; publicly branded with odium for vice of guilt; base; scandalous; notoriously vile; used of persons; as an infamous liar; an infamous rake or gambler.
2. Odious; detestable; held in abhorrence; that renders a person infamous rake or gambler.
3. Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime. An infamous person cannot be a witness.

 

INFAMOUSLY

adv. In a manner or degree to render infamous; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully. 1. With open reproach.

 

INFAMOUSNESS, INFAMY

n.[L. infamia; in and fama, report. ] 1. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace. Avoid the crimes and vices which expose men to infamy.
2. Qualities which are detested and despised; qualities notoriously bad and scandalous; as the infamy of an action.
3. In law, that loss of character or public disgrace which a convict incurs, and by which a person is rendered incapable of being a witness or juror.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INFAMOUS

In "fa *mous, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + famous: cf. L. infamis. See Infamy. ]

 

1. Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer. False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn. Spenser.

 

2. Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption. Macaulay.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.

 

4. Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous. "Infamous woods. " P. Fletcher. Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. Milton. The piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile; shameful; ignominious.

 

INFAMOUSLY

INFAMOUSLY In "fa *mous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully. The sealed fountain of royal bounty which had been infamously monopolized and huckstered. Burke.

 

INFAMOUSNESS

INFAMOUSNESS In "fa *mous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

infamous

in fa mous |ˈinfəməs ˈɪnfəməs | ▶adjective well known for some bad quality or deed: an infamous war criminal. • wicked; abominable: the medical council disqualified him for infamous misconduct. • Law, historical (of a person ) deprived of all or some citizens' rights as a consequence of conviction for a serious crime. DERIVATIVES in fa mous ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin infamosus, from Latin infamis (based on fama ‘fame ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

infamous

infamous |ˈɪnfəməs | ▶adjective well known for some bad quality or deed: an infamous war criminal. • wicked; abominable: the medical council disqualified him for infamous misconduct. • Law, historical (of a person ) deprived of all or some citizens' rights as a consequence of conviction for a serious crime. DERIVATIVES infamously adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin infamosus, from Latin infamis (based on fama ‘fame ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

infamous

infamous adjective 1 an infamous train robber: notorious, disreputable; legendary, fabled, famed. ANTONYMS reputable. 2 infamous misconduct: abominable, outrageous, shocking, shameful, disgraceful, dishonorable, discreditable, contemptible, unworthy; monstrous, atrocious, nefarious, appalling, dreadful, terrible, heinous, egregious, detestable, despicable, loathsome, hateful, vile, unspeakable, unforgivable, iniquitous, scandalous; informal dirty, filthy, lowdown. ANTONYMS honorable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

infamous

infamous adjective 1 a portrait of an infamous mass murderer: notorious, disreputable, ill-famed, of ill-repute; legendary, fabled, well-known. ANTONYMS reputable. 2 they disqualified the doctor for infamous misconduct: abominable, outrageous, shocking, shameful, disgraceful, dishonourable, discreditable, unworthy, unprincipled, unscrupulous; monstrous, atrocious, appalling, dreadful, terrible, heinous, detestable, disgusting, loathsome, hateful, wicked, vile, base, unspeakable, unforgivable, iniquitous, criminal, odious, nefarious, scandalous; informal dirty, filthy, low-down; Brit. informal beastly; formal egregious, flagitious, exceptionable. ANTONYMS honourable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

infamous

in fa mous /ɪ́nfəməs / (! -famousは /fəməs /) 形容詞 1 «…で » 悪名高き, 不名誉な «for » (→famous 類義 ).2 破廉恥な, ひどい .～ly 副詞