ill-famed

Adjective
Synonyms: infamousnotorious

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. known widely and usually unfavorably“a notorious gangster”“the tenderloin district was notorious for vice”“the infamous Benedict Arnold”Synonyms: infamousnotoriousOpposite reputableSimilar disreputable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

ill-famed adjective

having an exceedingly bad reputation. Syn. — infamous, notorious.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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