Antonyms for infamy
ˈɪn fə miin·famy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. infamy

   Antonyms:
   celebrity, credit, distinction, eminence, fame, glory, honor, laurels, notoriety, renown, reputation, repute

   Synonyms:
   contempt, contumely, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, oblivion, obscurity, shame

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. infamy

   Antonyms:
   honor, reputation, celebrity, glory, renown

   Synonyms:
   despair, degradation, disgrace, ignominy, obloquy, extreme vileness, dishonor

Matched Categories

1. • Dishonor
   • Disrepute

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. infamy, opprobriumnoun

   a state of extreme dishonor

   "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city"

   Antonyms:
   fame, renown, celebrity

   Synonyms:
   obloquy, opprobrium

2. infamynoun

   evil fame or public reputation

   Antonyms:
   fame, renown, celebrity

   Synonyms:
   opprobrium

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1. infamynoun

   Synonyms:
   disgrace, ignominy, odium, obloquy, opprobrium

How to use infamy in a sentence?

1. Akhlak-i-Jalali:

   All property which comes to hand by means of violence, or infamy, or baseness, however large it may be, is tainted and unblest. On the other hand, whatever is obtained by honest profit, small though it be, brings a blessing with it.*

2. David Yepsen:

   I think Democrats are going to be pleased, he's not going to go far enough to quiet the critics. This was no 'day of infamy' speech.

3. Republican Representative Mike Kelly:

   Today, Dec. 18, 2019, is another date that will live in infamy.

4. Benjamin Franklin:

   Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

5. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address to Congress, Dec. 8, 1941:

   Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live on in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

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