Converse of object

• gain: Three of the early fellows gained notoriety, at least locally.

• achieve: Wallace the lion was to achieve high notoriety at the infamous ' Lion Fight ' in Warwick.

• attain: Their fourth child, John, attained some notoriety.

• earn: And at the last Olympics, Britain's swimmers earned a certain notoriety for, shall we say, world-class partying.

• acquire: This storm has acquired a certain notoriety for several reasons.

• enjoy: He neither sought nor enjoys the notoriety that it brought.

Adjective modifier

• unenviable: This station was garrisoned by the 41 st Native Infantry, a regiment which gained an unenviable notoriety in the Mutiny.

• worldwide: It was the resulting press coverage from his time here that gained him worldwide notoriety.

• considerable: However, fish was often in short supply with the result that fish queues gained considerable notoriety.

• certain: This storm has acquired a certain notoriety for several reasons.

• international: Nicosia As the last divided city in Europe, Nicosia enjoys a certain degree of international notoriety.

• national: Three years ago Claire gained national notoriety by making outstanding predictions on ITV's show of the same name.

Modifies a noun

• rating: What's going to make the choice of approach important is the new Notoriety rating.

Preposition: in

• press: The application of these paradigms will be tested against recent cases which have gained notoriety in the press.

• 1960s: The Lodge gained some notoriety in the 1960s when it was used as a weekend retreat by the Kray Twins.

Preposition: of

• case: Also, that the test should be constant: that it should not be varied according to the seriousness or notoriety of the case.

Preposition: with

• mother: Before going on to worldwide notoriety with the Mothers of Invention in the late Sixties, Zappa recorded soundtracks for a couple of B-movies.

• publication: His literary career had achieved notoriety with the publication of " The Picture Of Dorian Gray " .