[ US /ˈɪnfəmi/ ]
[ UK /ˈɪnfəmi/ ]
NOUN
  1. evil fame or public reputation
  2. a state of extreme dishonor
    the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city
    a date which will live in infamy
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How To Use infamy In A Sentence

  • It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy
  • A man who can do that is capable of any infamy.
  • November 4, 2008 is a day that will go down in infamy as the day the American people, unbeknownst to them, elected the FIRST MARXIST SOCIALIST government in the history of the United States Republican takes on Obama's 'czars'
  • An Italian citizen by birth, his first language is German, and it is in Germany and Austria that his fame, some might say infamy, is greatest.
  • But last night, we officially went from "hee-hee" to "how is this humorous?" as the Scrantonians turned Valentine's Day into a holiday that will live in infamy. Watercooler: Maybe It's Time to Close The Office
  • It came two days after Independence Day, a date held in infamy in one of the angrier books and movies about Vietnam, Ron Kovic's "Born on the Fourth of July. McNamara and the souls of Vietnam
  • Carolina, do you think perhaps Palin should be worried that she ` ll go down in infamy as the ditziest (ph) candidate ever because of what Tina Fey is doing with her send-ups? CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2008
  • They surfed to infamy on a gutterload of spittle and puke.
  • Do estate agents deserve such infamy?
  • Their political influence has earned the Florida growers a place of infamy in American popular culture.
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