well known for being bad or evil synonym notorious臭名遠揚的;聲名狼藉的 a general who was infamous for his brutality 因殘忍而惡名昭彰的將軍 the most infamous concentration camp 最惡名遠揚的集中營 - (humorous)
the infamous British sandwich 以難吃著名的英國三明治
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInfamous is used with these nouns:- incident
- murderer
- reputation
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More Like This Words that look like opposites, but aren’tWords that look like opposites, but aren’tWord Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin infamosus, from Latin infamis (based on fama ‘fame’).