infamize

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infamize

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From infamy + -ize.

verb infamizes · infamizing · infamized

transitive To 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?
Similar: denigrate, traduce, vilify, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch, besmear, bewray

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@misc{infamize_2026,
  title = {infamize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/infamize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}