Bad reputation
Name and bad reputation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Name" instead a noun phrase "Bad reputation".
Name
Name noun - A word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known.
Bad reputation and name are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad reputation" instead a noun "Name".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Even though Nyroc has never really done anything bad, his name still gives him a bad reputation, until he gets the ember of Hoole.
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The Norse male name Mörður is derived from the weasel's relative, the marten, and this name has a bad reputation, all the way back to The Icelandic Sagas, where Mörðr Valgarðsson is notorious for his evil ways.
Source: Wicked Weasel -
Note: if the place has a bad reputation, but the name itself is not scary (like Camp Crystal Lake or Sunnydale), it does not count.
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Name and Bad reputation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad_reputation/name
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