notorious

IPA: noʊtˈɔriʌs

adjective

  • Senses with an unfavourable connotation.
  • Of a person or entity: generally or widely known for something negative; infamous.
  • Of an act, situation, etc.: blameworthy in an obvious and offensive way; blatant, flagrant.
  • Senses with a favourable or neutral connotation.
  • Generally or widely known; of common knowledge; famous or well-known.
  • (obsolete)
  • Clear, evident, obvious.
  • Generally or widely knowable.

adverb

  • (obsolete) Synonym of notoriously
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Examples of "notorious" in Sentences

  • Of these, the most notorious is the contentious issue of immigration.
  • "Getting attention by becoming notorious is better than being a failure."
  • They could add a subset of public restrooms around the country where certain notorious events have taken place.
  • Indeed, NBC Universal, which owns MSNBC, also owns Interscope Records, a label notorious for hiring gangsta rap artists.
  • They were unanimous in their condemnation of what they called notorious abusers, but divided on the question of zero tolerance.
  • Though other Soviet spies from that era — Alger Hiss, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg — remain notorious to this day, Gold has faded from the story.
  • LAVANDERA (voice-over): You won't think a boot-wearing Texas governor could stomp on Iran, but Rick Perry is sending a financial strike at what he calls a notorious regime.
  • LAVANDERA (voice-over): You wouldn't think a boot wearing Texas governor could stomp on Iran, but Rick Perry is sending a financial strike at what he calls a notorious regime.
  • A government-owned transmission utility organized along the current RTO/ISO territories would have access to better financing terms (bonds) and would have a strong incentive and the financial means to relieve congestion in notorious trouble spots (New York and Long Island are examples).
  • But over the past two weeks, administrators and parents at the elite Quaker private school in Lower Manhattan have become quick studies after Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz publicly criticized Friends Seminary for inviting a musician he called a "notorious anti-Semite and Holocaust denier"—accusations that Mr. Atzmon, who was born Jewish, staunchly denies.

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