[はれんちざい, harenchizai] (n) infamous crime or offense (offence) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Infamous \In"fa*mous\, a. [Pref. in- not + famous: cf. L.
infamis. See {Infamy}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn.
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
2. Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation;
scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act;
infamous vices; infamous corruption. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at
common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.
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4. 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. "Infamous
woods." --P. Fletcher.
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Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. --Milton.
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The piny shade
More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. --Dryden.
Syn: Detestable; odious; scandalous; disgraceful; base; vile;
shameful; ignominious.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
infamous
adj 1: known widely and usually unfavorably; "a notorious
gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for
vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold"; [syn: {ill-famed},
{infamous}, {notorious}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
