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Definitions for notorious
noʊˈtɔr i əs, -ˈtoʊr-, nə-no·to·ri·ous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ill-famed, infamous, notoriousadjective

    known widely and usually unfavorably

    "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold";

Wiktionary

  1. notoriousadjective

    Widely known, especially for something bad; infamous.

  2. Etymology: First attested 1548, from notorius, from notus, perfect passive participle of nosco. Negative sense appeared in seventeenth century.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. NOTORIOUSadjective

    Publickly known; evident to the world; apparent; not hidden. It is commonly used of things known to their disadvantage; whence by those who do not know the true signification of the word, an atrocious crime is called a notorious crime, whether publick or secret.

    Etymology: notorius, Lat. notoire, Fr.

    What need you make such ado in cloaking a matter too notorious. John Whitgift.

    The goodness of your intercepted packets
    You writ to the pope against the king; your goodness,
    Since you provoke me, shall be most notorious. William Shakespeare.

    I shall have law in Ephesus,
    To your notorious shame. William Shakespeare, Com. Err.

    In the time of king Edward III. the impediments of the conquest of Ireland are notorious. Davies.

    What notorious vice is there that doth not blemish a man’s reputation? John Tillotson.

    The inhabitants of Naples have been always very notorious for leading a life of laziness and pleasure, which arises partly out of the plenty of their country, and partly out of the temper of their climate. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

    The bishops have procured some small advancement of rents; although it be notorious that they do not receive the third penny of the real value. Jonathan Swift, Miscell.

Wikipedia

  1. Notorious

    Notorious is the fourteenth single by the English new wave band Duran Duran. It was released internationally by EMI on 20 October 1986. "Notorious" was the first single issued from Duran Duran's fourth album Notorious (1986), and the first released by Duran Duran as a 3-piece band after the departure of Roger Taylor and Andy Taylor. It was a commercial success worldwide, reaching number seven on the UK Singles Chart and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, behind "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles, and was a success in various other countries.

ChatGPT

  1. notorious

    Notorious can be defined as being well-known, especially for something negative or undesirable. It typically describes a person, place, or thing that has gained a reputation for being notorious due to their involvement in criminal activities, scandals, or controversial behavior.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Notoriousadjective

    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

Wikidata

  1. Notorious

    Notorious is a 1946 American thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains as three people whose lives become intimately entangled during an espionage operation. It was shot in late 1945 and early 1946, and was released by RKO in August 1946. Notorious marks a watershed for Hitchcock artistically, and represents a heightened thematic maturity. His biographer, Donald Spoto, writes that "Notorious is in fact Alfred Hitchcock's first attempt—at the age of forty-six—to bring his talents to the creation of a serious love story, and its story of two men in love with Ingrid Bergman could only have been made at this stage of his life." The film is known for two scenes in particular. In one of his most famous shots, Hitchcock starts wide and high on a second floor balcony overlooking the great hall of a grand mansion. Slowly he tracks down and in on Ingrid Bergman, finally ending with a tight close-up of a key tucked in her hand. Hitchcock also devised "a celebrated scene" that circumvented the Production Code's ban on kisses longer than three seconds—by having his actors disengage every three seconds, murmur and nuzzle each other, then start right back up again. The two-and-a-half minute osculation is "perhaps his most intimate and erotic kiss".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Notorious

    no-tō′ri-us, adj. publicly known (now used in a bad sense): infamous.—n. Notorī′ety, state of being notorious: publicity: public exposure.—adv. Notō′riously.—n. Notō′riousness. [Low L. notoriusnotāre, -ātum, to mark—noscĕre.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of notorious in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of notorious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of notorious in a Sentence

  1. Jesse Hunt:

    This is another pipedream from the same party that’s notorious for underperforming, we already have a host of quality Republican candidates declared in many of these seats and we’re confident they’ll remain in our column.

  2. Joshua Wong:

    All these weapons are imported from the United States. Given the innumerable proof of police brutality in recent protests, all countries should call a halt to the sale of arms to the notorious Hong Kong Police.

  3. Jay Carver:

    This mass burial, so different to the other individual burials found in the Bedlam cemetery, is very likely a reaction to a catastrophic event, only closer analysis will tell if this is a plague pit from the Great Plague in 1665, but we hope this gruesome but exciting find will tell us more about one of London's most notorious killers.

  4. Steve Gooch:

    I pledge to you, as your president I will make sure that we connect all the households with raw broadband by 2022, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said during a recentmeet and greet in Wisconsin. The state of Georgia is notorious for its slow connectivity in rural areas and local elected officials are making it a key issue and highlighting their constituents concerns. What weve heard a lot of families have to drive into town....and they have to go and sit in a Chick-fil-Aor a Starbucks cafe somewhere where they can get public Wi-Fi.

  5. August McGregor:

    FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS August McGregor did not specify when or where Notorious-branded whiskey will be available, but it’s not the first time the MMA fighter has ventured out of the ring to supplement his paycheck. In July, August McGregor announced plans to launch a clothing line with California-based designer David August, to be called August McGregor. I love fashion and I get to design clothes. It's like fighting, it's all about the small details.

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