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bad name en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Lack of reverence or esteem; poor reputation.
   • Near-synonym: ignominy
   • The people of the southeasterly clusters—concerning whom, however, but little is known—have a bad name as cannibals; and for that reason their hospitality is seldom taxed by the mariner. 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, name.
   • Angina is a bad name to give to your child.

Forms

Relateds

to give a bad name

Synonyms

ignominy

Translations (1)

es mala fama (Translations)