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having an exceedingly bad reputation

infamous = famous (for something bad)

infamous = having an exceedingly bad reputation

infamous = famous (for something bad)

infamous = famous (for something bad)

I know I'm kind of infamous for my .... um .... verbosity ....
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

infamous = famous (for something bad)

infamous = having an exceedingly bad reputation

infamous = having an exceedingly bad reputation

...Bram Stoker ... in a fit of jealous anger had betrayed her by exaggerating the negative aspects of an Imprint in his infamous book, Dracula.
P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Betrayed

infamous = having an exceedingly bad reputation

I have sent a cable describing the wickedness of that infamous organization of Trotskyite murderers
Ernest Hemingway -- For Whom the Bell Tolls

infamous = having an exceedingly bad reputation

infamous = having an exceedingly bad reputation

Wait my coming, O most infamous Bandar-log!
Rudyard Kipling -- The Jungle Book

infamous = having an exceedingly bad reputation

The true objective was the total destruction of al Qaeda and the leader who had engineered the infamous attack on the Twin Towers...
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor

infamous = famous for something bad

"And you killed your own brother," Piper said, the horrible story all coming back to her, along with a name—an infamous name that began with the letter M.
Rick Riordan -- The Lost Hero

infamous = having an exceedingly bad reputation

the infamous Rudy, would soon become Liesel's best friend, and later, her partner and sometime catalyst in crime.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief

infamous = having an exceedingly bad reputation

"Sirius Black, possibly the most infamous prisoner ever to be held in Azkaban fortress, is still eluding capture, the Ministry of Magic confirmed today."
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

infamous = having an exceedingly bad reputation

infamous = well-known as bad

Far in this den of infamous resort, there was a low-browed, beetling shop, below a pent-house roof, where iron, old rags, bottles, bones, and greasy offal, were bought.
Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol

infamous = having an exceedingly bad reputation

It was an infamous prosecution, grossly infamous; but not the less likely to succeed on that account.
Dickens, Charles -- A Tale Of Two Cities
And who is the Judas who has concluded this infamous bargain?
Dumas, Alexandre -- Twenty Years After
I know it was then he wrote this vile, infamous paper, but I thought the thing was invalid.
Tolstoy, Leo -- War and Peace

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