notorious
notorious
Definition
no·to·ri·ous (nō tôr′ē əs)
adjective
- well-known; publicly discussed
- widely but unfavorably known or talked about
Etymology: ML notorius < LL notoria, news, information < notus: see note
no·to′·ri·ously adverb
no·to′·ri·ous·ness noun
notorious
Synonyms
notorious
modif.
notorious
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- somewhat: Peter Singer is of course somewhat notorious in the bioethics field for his outspoken advocacy of euthanasia.
- particularly: There were many false starts, two of which were particularly notorious.
- once: She sought to purify, beautify, and internationalize Taoyuan County, once notorious for problems of waste disposal and money politics.
- now: The only difficult case involved the now notorious Fr Brendan Smyth.
- already: Wentworth beats him to the draw and leaves on his forehead the seal of The Spider, an already notorious killer of criminals.
- so: Tubman's activities became so notorious that plantation owners offered a $ 40,000 reward for her capture.
Preposition: for
- wind: Day 19: Drake Passage The Drake Passage is notorious for high winds and rolling seas.
- abuse: These countries are all engaged in internal or border wars of varying intensity and are notorious for human rights abuses.
- problem: She sought to purify, beautify, and internationalize Taoyuan County, once notorious for problems of waste disposal and money politics.
- crime: There they all push to destruction any man guilty of sacrilege or notorious for other crimes.
- delay: It seemed that Bombay was notorious for delays going through customs and immigration.
- accident: That double bend, on which Ivy House Farm once stood, had become notorious for accidents.
Modifies a noun
- highwayman: Feared by the locals, Rainbow's Dell made an ideal hiding place for the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin?
- smuggler: The bay in front of YHA Boggle Hole was once a notorious smugglers haunt.
- womanizer: A notorious womanizer, the breakdown of his move to Liverpool in 1972 is one of the game's enduring urban legends.
- blackspot: The camera had been set up near a notorious accident blackspot.
- murderer: Dr. Crippen Crippen is one of the most notorious murderers in the history of Scotland Yard.
- bottleneck: It drops down to Eamont Bridge which was a notorious bottleneck in the early 60s.
Used with adjective complement
notorious Quotes
If you can't be famous, at least you can be notorious.
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