English-Thai Dictionary

infamy

N การ มีชื่อเสียง ใน ทาง ลบ  นิสัย เลว  ความประพฤติ ไม่ดี  notoriety scandal disrepute kan-me-chue-siang-nai-tang-lob

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INFAMY

In "fa *my, n.; pl. Infamies. Etym: [L. infamia, fr. infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf. F. infamie. See Fame. ]

 

1. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity. The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not. .. submit to such infamy. Bp. Burnet.

 

2. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

infamy

in fa my |ˈɪnfəmē ˈɪnfəmi | ▶noun ( pl. infamies ) the state of being well known for some bad quality or deed: a day that will live in infamy. • an evil or wicked act: one of history's greatest infamies.

 

Oxford Dictionary

infamy

infamy |ˈɪnfəmi | ▶noun ( pl. infamies ) [ mass noun ] the state of being well known for some bad quality or deed: a day that will live in infamy. he thrived on the infamy and vilification. • [ count noun ] an evil or wicked act: one of history's greatest infamies. [ mass noun ] : an act of infamy.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

infamy

infamy noun 1 public infamy: notoriety, disrepute, ill fame, disgrace, discredit, shame, dishonor, ignominy, scandal, censure, blame, disapprobation, condemnation. 2 she was punished for her alleged infamy: wickedness, evil, vileness, iniquity, depravity, degeneracy, immorality; sin, wrongdoing, offense, abuse; formal turpitude.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

infamy

infamy noun 1 these acts brought him fame and infamy: notoriety, disrepute, disreputableness, ill repute, ill fame, loss of reputation, disgrace, discredit, shame, dishonour, ignominy, scandal, censure, blame, disapprobation, condemnation, contempt; humiliation, loss of face; rare disesteem. ANTONYMS honour; anonymity. 2 she was to be suitably punished for her infamy: wickedness, evil, baseness, sordidness, vileness, iniquity, iniquitousness, depravity, degeneracy, turpitude, immorality, unscrupulousness, corruption, dissolution; sin, wrong, offence, violation, abuse, indignity. ANTONYMS virtue.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

infamy

in fa my /ɪ́nfəmi /名詞 複 -mies ｟かたく ｠1 U 悪評, 悪名 .2 C 〖しばしば -mies 〗非行, 破廉恥行為 .