infamize

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verb

To make infamous; to defame or smear.

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Meanings

verbinfamize (third-person singular simple present infamizes, present participle infamizing, simple past and past participle infamized)

present singular third person infamizes · participle present infamizing · participle past infamized · past infamized

  1. transitiveTo make infamous; to defame or smear.

    Or is some knot of riotous slanderers leagued To infamize the name of the King's brother With a lie black as Hell?

    1816, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Zapolya

    Synonyms: denigrate, traduce, vilify, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make infamous; to defame or smear.

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Origin

From infamy + -ize.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

infamize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infamize

MLA

“infamize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infamize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infamize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infamize.

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