infamous

Definition

  • adjective: well-known for being bad
  • adjective: having a reputation of the worst kind
  • synonyms: aberrant, abhorrent, abnormal

Examples

  • ('humorous') We experienced some of the city's 'infamous' weather.

  • a city 'infamous' for poverty and crime

  • He committed an 'infamous' crime.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Probably have your bloody friend Norrington to thank for that. So that's it, then? That's the secret grand adventure of the infamous Jack Sparrow? You spent three days lying on a beach, drinking rum? Welcome to the Caribbean, love. BOTH: We're devils, we're black sheep (..)
    2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl