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Infamous

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.

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Disreputable 84% connected

Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to asso…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Disreputable 84% connected

Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to asso…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Infamy 74% connected

Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Infamy 74% connected

Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.

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Notorious 92% connected

Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Abominable adjective · 78% connection

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrabl…

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Abomination noun · 78% connection

an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; "his treatment of the children is an abomination"

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Airer noun · 78% connection

One who exposes to the air.

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Answer noun · 78% connection

the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘…

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Arrant adjective · 78% connection

Notoriously or preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: report, reputation, worst, held, abhorrence.
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Arrantly adverb · 78% connection

Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully.

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Base adjective · 78% connection

Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…

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Basi- unknown · 78% connection

A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…

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Canard noun · 78% connection

An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax…

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Confine verb · 78% connection

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…

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Constrain verb · 78% connection

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…

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Convict verb · 78% connection

To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience.

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Conviction noun · 78% connection

A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found g…

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Dado noun · 78% connection

In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.

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Detestable adjective · 78% connection

Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices.

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Disorderly adjective · 78% connection

Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house.

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Errant adjective · 78% connection

Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.

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Exposer noun · 78% connection

One who exposes or discloses.

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