Of ill fame or repute; famed or notorious for badness of any kind; notoriously evil, wicked, or vile; held in infamy or public disgrace. of things.

Infamous, ill-famed. Obsolete.

In a bad or neutral sense: Notorious. Obsolete exc. archaic.

Made or become infamous; branded with infamy.

Conspicuous or notable, esp. in respect of harmful qualities.

attributive. Of a criminal, sinner, etc.: noted or well known in that capacity; infamous.

= infamous, adj.

Branded, or deserving to be branded; infamous, villainous: cf. stigmatic, adj. 2.

? Causing a noise, notorious.

That serves or may serve as an example to others. That has been punished in order to deter others; made an example of. Obsolete.

Of an offence, crime, etc.; also of an offender: Glaring, notorious, scandalous, ‘flaming into notice’ (Johnson).

Loosely used for: Infamous.

In humorous and ironic use: that is regarded with mock fear, infamous; to be avoided. Usually with the. the dreaded lurgy: see lurgy, n. adj.