as in disgrace
the state of having lost the esteem of others
despite her eventual pardons, she could never completely free herself of the infamy of being named a war criminal
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Recent Examples of infamy
For someone who's desperate to feel heard, any kind of infamy can be attractive, said Jon Lewis, a research fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University.
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Caroline Love, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Then the movie rewinds back seven months to March 31, 1943, an evening that will live in infamy for Hart.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
But for all his infamy, Gein was simply a man.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
That means Colorado officially dodged baseball infamy.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025
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In the spring of 1940, as Hitler took Paris, defeated France, and allowed the British troops at Dunkirk to retreat from the continent in disgrace, two more countries initiated their own nuclear programs.—
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Amid her disgrace, Baldwin somewhat retreated from social media and from constantly posting images of her seven children, which critics found exploitative.—
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There’s no shame in making a big, beautiful film that makes people laugh and cry and feel all the feelings that lots of people will see.—
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What a shame the NBA has allowed this to happen to handicap the Heat.—
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“Infamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infamy. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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