Synonyms for infamy
ˈɪn fə miin·famy

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1. infamy

   Synonyms:
   contempt, contumely, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, oblivion, obscurity, shame

   Antonyms:
   celebrity, credit, distinction, eminence, fame, glory, honor, laurels, notoriety, renown, reputation, repute

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1. infamy

   Synonyms:
   despair, degradation, disgrace, ignominy, obloquy, extreme vileness, dishonor

   Antonyms:
   honor, reputation, celebrity, glory, renown

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1. infamy, opprobriumnoun

   a state of extreme dishonor

   "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city"

   Synonyms:
   obloquy, opprobrium

   Antonyms:
   fame, renown, celebrity

2. infamynoun

   evil fame or public reputation

   Synonyms:
   opprobrium

   Antonyms:
   fame, renown, celebrity

Matched Categories

1. • Dishonor
   • Disrepute

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1. infamynoun

   Synonyms:
   dishonor, disgrace, discredit, disrepute, shame, ignominy, obloquy, opprobrium, odium, scandal, abasement

2. infamynoun

   Synonyms:
   disgracefulness, dishonorableness, shamefulness, odiousness, detestableness, scandalousness, wickedness, atrocity, villany

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1. infamynoun

   Synonyms:
   disgrace, ignominy, odium, obloquy, opprobrium

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1. List of paraphrases for "infamy":

   obscenity, shame

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How to use infamy in a sentence?

1. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address to Congress, Dec. 8, 1941:

   Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live on in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

2. Akhlak-i-Jalali:

   All property which comes to hand by means of violence, or infamy, or baseness, however large it may be, is tainted and unblest. On the other hand, whatever is obtained by honest profit, small though it be, brings a blessing with it.*

3. Republican Representative Mike Kelly:

   Today, Dec. 18, 2019, is another date that will live in infamy.

4. Dan Gross:

   Notoriety serves as a reward for these killers and as a call-to-action for others who would seek to do similar harm in the name of infamy.

5. Sean Wilentz:

   Let Susan Stokes not forget we had the largest national election in American history amid the pandemic and it went off without a hitch, november 3 was a day that will not in infamy but will live in fame for the exercise of democracy, and we ought not to forget that. There's a lot of strength in the system.