Definitions for infamy

infamy in·fa·my

Spelling: [in-fuh-mee]
IPA: /ˈɪn fə mi/

Infamy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in infamy (afimny).

Definitions for infamy

noun

  1. extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act:
  2. infamous character or conduct.
  3. an infamous act or circumstance.
  4. Law. loss of rights, incurred by conviction of an infamous offense.

Origin of infamy

1425-75; late Middle English infamye Latin infāmia, equivalent to infām(is) ill-famed (in- in-3 + fām(a) fame + -is adj. suffix) + -

Examples for infamy

He would be spotted, branded with the sign of infamy, hunted from the world!

Lane is one of those criminals whose 15 minutes of infamy never seem to end.

The organs of treason and of infamy refer always to McClellan.

Some were even questioning if the NFL could survive its own infamy.

His family name lives in infamy as it adorns the plaza where Kennedy was shot.

The door is immediately behind the companion of your infamy.

And am I to be hurried along by this stream of corruption to infamy and oblivion!

An adult-entertainment company wants Foxy Knoxy to take a paltry sum of money to extend her 15 minutes of infamy.

There is no infamy which has not been justified, glorified or even deified in this way.

Next day, DSK was perp-walking his way, haggard and grizzled, into infamy.

Word Value for infamy
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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