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Definition of infamy:
- A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.
- That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.
- Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.
Synonyms:
evil, notoriousness, ignominiousness, disreputability, right, shame, ignominy, knowledge, good, obloquy, respect, perfidy, notoriety, immorality, disapprobation, disgracefulness, notoriety, disreputableness, infamousness, scandal, wickedness, shamefulness, disgrace, opprobrium, dishonorableness.
Usage examples:
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In such cases the song of the Bhat records the infamy of the object of his revenge.
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Do it, and save me and your father from infamy; from ruin; from a prison; from death.
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They may have ended in the cour des miracles for all we knew- it was nearly fifty years ago- and they may be quite virtuous abodes of poverty to- day; but they seemed to us then strange, labyrinthine abysses of crime and secret dens of infamy, where dreadful deeds were done in the dead of long winter nights.