slovo | definícia |
infamous (encz) | infamous,hanebný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
infamous (encz) | infamous,nechvalně známý adj: Jakub Mišák |
infamous (encz) | infamous,neslavný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
infamous (encz) | infamous,vykřičený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Infamous (gcide) | Infamous \In"fa*mous\, a. [Pref. in- not + famous: cf. L.
infamis. See Infamy.]
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1. Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind;
held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to
infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an
infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer.
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False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn.
--Spenser.
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2. Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation;
scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act;
infamous vices; infamous corruption. --Macaulay.
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3. (Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at
common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.
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4. Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime
was committed, or as being associated with something
detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous. "Infamous
woods." --P. Fletcher.
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Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. --Milton.
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The piny shade
More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. --Dryden.
Syn: Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile;
shameful; ignominious.
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infamous (wn) | infamous
adj 1: known widely and usually unfavorably; "a notorious
gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for
vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold"; [syn: ill-famed,
infamous, notorious] |
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infamously (encz) | infamously,vykřičený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Infamous (gcide) | Infamous \In"fa*mous\, a. [Pref. in- not + famous: cf. L.
infamis. See Infamy.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind;
held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to
infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an
infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer.
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False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn.
--Spenser.
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2. Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation;
scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act;
infamous vices; infamous corruption. --Macaulay.
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3. (Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at
common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.
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4. Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime
was committed, or as being associated with something
detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous. "Infamous
woods." --P. Fletcher.
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Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. --Milton.
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The piny shade
More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. --Dryden.
Syn: Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile;
shameful; ignominious.
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Infamously (gcide) | Infamously \In"fa*mous*ly\, adv.
In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully;
shamefully.
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The sealed fountain of royal bounty which had been
infamously monopolized and huckstered. --Burke.
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Infamousness (gcide) | Infamousness \In"fa*mous*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
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