All 3 Uses of
infamous
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- In that letter she reproached him with great heat and indignation for the baseness of his behaviour in regard to Marfa Petrovna, reminding him that he was the father and head of a family and telling him how infamous it was of him to torment and make unhappy a defenceless girl, unhappy enough already.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- That in my own house I persecuted a defenceless girl and 'insulted her with my infamous proposals'—is that it?†
Chpt 4.1
- So far from my being mistaken, you infamous criminal man, I remember how, on account of it, a question occurred to me at once, just when I was thanking you and pressing your hand.†
Chpt 5.3
Definition:
having an exceedingly bad reputation