English-Finnish translations for infamous

• pahamaineinen
  Pahamaineinen Ankang-järjestelmä on todellisuutta Kiinassa etenkin olympialaisiin valmistauduttaessa. The infamous Ankang system is a reality in China, particularly in the run-up to the Olympic Games.
  Vaara, joka uhkaa, on pahamaineinen tavoitteiden ja keinojen sekoittuminen. The danger threatening us is the infamous reversal of means and objectives.
  Alankomaalaiset tuntevat jälleen kerran muita eurooppalaisia enemmän, missä määrin pahamaineinen EU:lle myötämielisten unelma syö heidän palkkapussiaan. Again, the Dutch, more than any other Europeans, feel the extent to which the infamous Europhile dream is eating up their pay slips.
• surullisenkuuluisa
  Surullisenkuuluisa tulivuoren tuhkakriisi tapahtui juuri, kun lehtoyhtiöt ja tietysti niiden matkustajat yrittivät selvitä erittäin vaikean taantuman seurauksista. The infamous volcanic ash crisis occurred precisely when the airlines, and its passengers of course, were coping with the effects of a very difficult recession.
  Toiseksi haluan korostaa taloudellisia näkökohtia, jotka liittyvät yleisesti kalastussopimuksiin, jollaisista nyt esillä oleva sopimus on surullisenkuuluisa esimerkki. Secondly, I would also like to stress the financial aspects of fisheries agreements in general, this specific case being one very infamous example.
  EU:n ainoalla tuolilla istuisi surullisenkuuluisa Euroopan ulkoministeri, jolla ei muuten enää olisi yksinään veto-oikeutta. This seat, of which there could only ever be one, would be occupied by the infamous European Minister for Foreign Affairs who would, incidentally, no longer have, on his own, the right of veto.

Definition of infamous

• Having a bad reputation, disreputable; notoriously bad, unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something bad
• Causing infamy; disgraceful
• Subject to a judicial punishment that deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law

Examples

• He was an infamous traitor.
• He was an infamous perjurer.
• This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.

Related words

• infamy
• infamously
• infamant
• mark of infamy
• mark of infamy or disgrace