单词 | infamy |
释义 | infamy /in"feuh mee/, n. , pl. infamies for 3. 1. extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act: a time that will live in infamy. 2. infamous character or conduct. 3. an infamous act or circumstance. 4. Law. loss of rights, incurred by conviction of an infamous offense. [1425-75; late ME infamye < L infamia, equiv. to infam(is) ill-famed (in- IN-3 + fam(a) FAME + -is adj. suffix) + -ia -Y3] Syn. 1. disrepute, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, shame. See disgrace. Ant. 1. credit, honor. |
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