infamy

Other forms of infamy

plural

infamies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about infamy

What does infamy mean?

infamy means "a state of extreme dishonor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in infamy?

infamy has 3 syllables: in-fa-my. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪnfəmi/.

What is another word for infamy?

Close synonyms include opprobrium. 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.

What is the opposite of infamy?

The recorded antonyms are fame, fame.

Is infamy a common word?

infamy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.