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Word entry · 8 letters

infamous

Best crossword clue

"Notoriously bad"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪn.fə.məs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted afimnosuStarts with IEnds with S1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. known widely and usually unfavorably

Word origin

From Middle English enfamouse, in-fames, infamous, from Medieval Latin īnfāmōsus, from Latin īnfāmis; by surface analysis, in- + famous. Displaced native Old English unhlīsful.

Used in a sentence

  • He was an infamous traitor.
  • She is infamous for perjury.
  • Soon we arrived at the Beijing Hotel—within shouting distance of the now infamous Tienanmen Square.

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