ill-famed

1. 1.

   known widely and usually unfavorably

   “a notorious gangster”

   “the tenderloin district was notorious for vice”

   “the infamous Benedict Arnold”

   Synonymsinfamousnotorious

   Similardisreputable

Questions about ill-famed

What does ill-famed mean?

ill-famed means "known widely and usually unfavorably".

How many syllables are in ill-famed?

ill-famed has 2 syllables: ill--famed. The stress falls on "ill-".

What is another word for ill-famed?

Close synonyms include infamous, notorious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ill-famed a common word?

ill-famed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.