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Another word for infamous

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infamous

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Bad
odious, nefarious, base, vile; see wicked 1, 2.
Scandalous
notorious, ill-famed, shocking, disgraceful; see offensive 2, shameful 2.

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Another word for infamous

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Known widely and unfavorably:
common, notorious. See knowledge
So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation:
abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, loathsome, lousy, low, mean², nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, shabby, vile, wretched. See good

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The infamous roads and the risks during the bridgeless season greatly hamper trade.
Inflamed with lust, they made infamous proposals to her, and when repulsed they brought against her a false charge of adultery.
His adopted son was the infamous Nana Sahib.
There followed the infamous final words, "Sleeping, just sleeping."
All blasphemies against God, as denying His being, or providence, all contumelious reproaches of Jesus Christ, all profane scoffing at the Holy Scriptures, or exposing any part thereof to contempt or ridicule, are punishable by the temporal courts with fine, imprisonment and also infamous corporal punishment.

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