- well known for being bad or evil synonym notorious
- a general who was infamous for his brutality
- the most infamous concentration camp
- (humorous) the infamous British sandwich
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInfamous is used with these nouns:- incident
- murderer
- reputation
- …
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