Notorious - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |nəʊˈtɔːrɪəs|  American pronunciation of the word notorious
Brit.  |nə(ʊ)ˈtɔːrɪəs|  British pronunciation of the word notorious

adjective

- known widely and usually unfavorably (syn: infamous)
a notorious gangster
the tenderloin district was notorious for vice

Extra examples

The coach is notorious for his violent outbursts.

...a notorious mastermind of terrorist activities...

Statistics can be notoriously unreliable.

The program is notoriously difficult to learn.

...the magazine's editor in chief was notorious for treating staffers as insects, often not even bothering to learn their names...

...the bullets from early firearms were notorious for not following a strictly linear path through the air...

...a canary who was singing and giving up the names of some of the city's most notorious drug lords...

...a lawyer who is so notorious for chicaning that the guilty invariably seek his services...

...the San Andreas Fault is notorious for its earthquakes...

...Al Capone remains one of the most notorious gangsters in American history....

...the most notorious serial killer of the 19th century remains known only by the pseudonym of Jack the Ripper...

...a notorious imposter who at one time suckered a lot of people into believing that she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia...

...a theater critic who was notorious for his titanically truculent reviews...

...the people universally feared the tyrant, who was notorious for his frequent use of torture...

...villainous behavior that made him one of the most notorious figures in history and gave rise to the legend of Dracula...

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