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ill fame

ill fame noun: disrepute; notoriety.

Noun

ill fame (uncountable)

  1. Disrepute; notoriety.
    • Sea-poppies and ragwort were plants of ill-fame, too.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 157

ill fame meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Sanskrit

ill fame in Tamil

கொஞ்சப்பேர், அபகீர்த்தி, அவப்பேர், அகீர்த்தி

ill fame in Malayalam

ill fame
അവിഖ്യാതി avikhyāti

ill fame in Sanskrit

disrepute; notoriety
अकीर्ति akīrti

Words formed from ill fame

Questions about ill fame

What does ill fame mean?
Ill fame means disrepute; notoriety.
What is ill fame in Tamil?
Ill fame in Tamil is கொஞ்சப்பேர், அபகீர்த்தி, அவப்பேர். See Ill fame meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ill fame?
Ill fame is a noun.

Words near ill fame in the dictionary

  1. ill behaved
  2. ill blood
  3. ill doers are ill deemers
  4. ill effect
  5. ill effects
  6. ill fame
  7. ill feeling
  8. ill feelings
  9. ill health
  10. ill humor
  11. ill humors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ill fame (page history and authors); ill fame (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അവിഖ്യാതി (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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