infamous

IPA: ˈɪnfʌmʌs

Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.
Causing infamy; disgraceful.
(UK, historical) Subject to a judicial punishment that deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law.

Examples of "infamous" in Sentences

I use the term infamous because as with a box of cream centered chocolates, one is never quite certain what the next choice will bring!
There is in infamous moment in the writing lives of Annie, Paul and I where we can pinpoint the moment a character chose how his story would be told.
As he retired, bursting with ineffectual indignation, Esdale was the first person whom Hartley chanced to meet with, and to him, stung with impatience, he communicated what he termed the infamous conduct of the
It was unclear if she was referring to her infamous display in the semi-final in 2009, when she was penalised against Kim Clijsters and heavily fined, or a similar incident to Sunday night's, in Doha last year.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, touring a facility down in Fort Bliss, Texas, today designed to help soldiers with Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, announced that the Pentagon will change what he called the infamous question 21.
Mother was referring to the infamous story of Helen Potter, daughter of a multimillionaire beer and wine distributor in Hyannis Port who, after she had been engaged to the son of a wealthy Boston builder, was discovered naked in bed with her closest girlfriend.