Famous vs. Infamous

Famousadjective

Well known.

Famousadjective

In the public eye.

Famousverb

To make famous; to bring renown to.

Famousadjective

Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; - used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate.

Famousadjective

widely known and esteemed;

Infamousadjective

Having a bad reputation, disreputable; notoriously bad, unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something bad.

Infamousadjective

Causing infamy; disgraceful.

Infamousadjective

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.

Infamousadjective

Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer.

Infamousadjective

Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption.

Infamousadjective

Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.

Infamousadjective

Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous.

Infamousadjective

having an exceedingly bad reputation;