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notorious

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no·to·ri·ous  (n-tôr-s, -tr-)
adj.
Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous: a notorious gangster; a district notorious for vice.

[From Medieval Latin ntrius, well-known, from Latin ntus, known, past participle of nscere, to get to know; see gn- in Indo-European roots.]

no·tori·ous·ly adv.
no·tori·ous·ness n.

notorious
Adjective
well known for some bad reason [Medieval Latin notorius well-known]
notoriety n
notoriously adv
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Adj.1.notorious - known widely and usually unfavorably; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold";
disreputable - lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance

notorious
Translations
notorious [nəuˈtɔːrɪəs] adjnotorio, tristemente célebre

notorious [nəuˈtɔːrɪəs] adjnotoire (souvent en mal)

notorious [nəuˈtɔːrɪəs] adjberüchtigt

notorious [nəuˈtɔːrɪəs] adjfamigerato/a

notorious
adj notorious [nəˈtoːriəs]
well-known for badness or wickedness a notorious murderer. berug مَشْهور بِسوء السُّمْعَه всеизвестен nechvalně známý berygtet berüchtigt διαβόητος notorio kurikuulus بدنام رسوا pahamaineinen notoire יָדוּע לְשִמצָה कुख्यात na zlu glasu,zloglasan hírhedt terkenal jahat alræmdur, illræmdur famigerato 悪名高い 악명 높은 liūdnai pagarsėjęs bēdīgi slavens terkenal berucht beryktet, notorisk osławiony famigerado notoriu пользующийся дурной славой smutne preslávený razvpit ozloglašen ökänd, beryktad ซึ่งมีชื่อเสียงในทางที่ไม่ดี kötü şöhretli, adı çıkmış 聲名狼藉的 горезвісний, сумнозвісний بدنام tai tiếng 藉的
n notoriety [noutəˈraiəti]
berugheid شُهْرَة ٌبِسوء السُّمْعَه лоша слава notoričnost berygtethed die Bekanntheit κακή φήμη notoriedad, mala fama kurikuulsus انگشت نمايى maine (triste) notoriété פִּרסוּם לְשִמצָה कुख्याति zloglasnost közismertség; hírhedtség kebusukan illur orðstír, óorð cattiva fama 悪評 악명 bloga reputacija slikta slava kemasyhuran notoriteit vanry, dårlig rykte zła sława fama notorietate дурная слава notorickosť razvpitost ozloglašenost ökändhet, ökänd person ความชื่อเสียงในทางที่ไม่ดี kötü şöhret, dile düşmüşlük 聲名狼藉 недобра слава بدنامي sự tai tiếng
adv noˈtoriously
berug جَهاراْ عَلَنِيَّةً، بِسوء سُمْعَه общоизвестно notoricky berygtet notorisch εξαιρετικά, τραγικά notoriamente kurikuulsalt بطور انگشت نما tunnetusti notoirement בְּאוֹפֶן יָדוּע לְשִמצָה विशेषरूप ozloglašeno közismerten, hírhedten, notóriusan secara busuk eins og alkunna er notoriamente 悪名高く 악명 높게 nepalankiai (sliktā nozīmē) vispārzināmi; izcili terkenal berucht åpenbart, notorisk, som kjent notorycznie notoriamente notoriu с дурной славой notoricky razvpito ozloglašeno som alla vet, som bekant อย่างมีชื่อเสียงในทางไม่ดี kötü ünlü olarak 聲名狼藉地 горезвісно بدنامي کے ساتھ khét tiếng 藉地


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A locked enclosure on a lonely island, a notorious vivisector, and these crippled and distorted men?
He was in the clutches of the most notorious of cut-throats--a hater of all Europeans, especially those who wore the uniform of Belgium.
Her neglect of her husband, her encouragement of other men, her extravagance and dissipation, were so gross and notorious that no one could be ignorant of them at the time, nor can now have forgotten them.
 
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