ill fame

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There is, of course, a good reason for am-dram's ill fame.

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2012

Each of them have already made unfathomable sums of money and known, for good and ill, fame at its most hardcore.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2010

I found afterwards that my steed had a very bad character all over the country; his ill fame, however, was slightly redeemed by the fact that he was a good goer.

From Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia by Windham, W. G.

Next day died a quarrelsome fellow of ill fame for his notorious sins, and when his body was carried past the lame man's door, the paralytic was able to stand.

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel

Secondly, that thus she might be safeguarded from ill fame.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint