USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Infamy means what?
A
hatred, disgust, and pride
B
disgrace, dishonor, or great wickedness
C
anger, frustration, or dissapointment
D
popular, political, unjustly done
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, infamy, ignominy mean the state or condition of suffering loss of esteem and of enduring reproach.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some common synonyms of infamy are disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, and ignominy. While all these words mean “the state or condition of suffering loss of esteem and of enduring reproach, ” infamy usually implies notoriety as well as exceeding shame.

Detailed explanation-3: -The school’s football team has had a poor record for several years now, garnering infamy for their seemingly uncharacteristic bad luck. He embarked on numerous storyline feuds with legendary wrestlers and gained infamy for his blatant disrespect of many older, well-respected names in wrestling history.

Detailed explanation-4: -Britannica Dictionary definition of INFAMY. 1. [noncount] : the condition of being known for having done bad things or for being evil. He never escaped the infamy his crimes had earned him. a day of infamy [=an infamous day; a day on which something very bad happened]

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