notorious
AdjectiveUS[noh-taw-ree-uhs]/noʊˈtɔriəs/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- known widely and usually unfavorably“a notorious gangster”“the tenderloin district was notorious for vice”“the infamous Benedict Arnold”Synonyms: ill-famedinfamousOpposite reputableSimilar disreputable
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Translations
Adjective generally or widely known for something negative
- Spanish
- tristemente célebre
- French
- notoire
- German
- berüchtigt
- Italian
- famigerato
- Portuguese
- notório
- Turkish
- kötü şöhretli
- Russian
- преслову́тый preslovútyj
- Chinese
- 臭名昭著 chòumíng zhāozhù
- Japanese
- 悪名高い akumeidakai
- Dutch
- notoir
12 more languages
- Polish
- notoryczny
- Swedish
- beryktad
- Greek
- διαβόητος diavóitos
- Vietnamese
- khét tiếng
- Portuguese (PT)
- notório
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 臭名昭著 chòumíng zhāozhù
- Catalan
- infame
- Danish
- berygtet
- Esperanto
- fifama
- Finnish
- pahamaineinen
- Icelandic
- alræmdur
- Norwegian
- notorisk
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
No·to′ri·ous adjective
Origin: L. notorius pointing out, making known, fr. noscere, notum, to known: cf. F. notoire. See Know.
Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; — usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice.
Your goodness, Since you provoke me, shall be most notorious.— William Shakespeare
Synonyms: Distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; celebrated; noted; famous; renowned.
— No·to′wb-a1′>′ri·ous·ly, adverb — No·to′wb-a1′>′ri·ous·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54