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Waitresses, soldiers, rickshaw drivers, old ladies selling vegetables - my father would schmooze anybody. He was Clintonesque before the word existed. And, of course, it paid dividends. Ill-tempered guards at the most notorious border crossings waved him through with cheery smiles. Haughty maitre d's fawned over him.
Scott Anderson

Meaning of "notorious" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NOTORIOUS

From Medieval Latin notōrius well-known, from nōtus known, from noscere to know.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NOTORIOUS

notorious  [nəʊˈtɔːrɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NOTORIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Notorious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NOTORIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of notorious in the English dictionary

The definition of notorious in the dictionary is well-known for some bad or unfavourable quality, deed, etc; infamous. Other definition of notorious is generally known or widely acknowledged.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NOTORIOUS


accessorius
ˌæksɛsˈɔːrɪəs
amatorious
ˌæməˈtɔːrɪəs
aureus
ˈɔːrɪəs
Boreas
ˈbɔːrɪəs
censorious
sɛnˈsɔːrɪəs
demeritorious
diːˌmerɪˈtɔːrɪəs
glorious
ˈɡlɔːrɪəs
inglorious
ɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəs
laborious
ləˈbɔːrɪəs
meritorious
ˌmɛrɪˈtɔːrɪəs
Nestorius
nɛˈstɔːrɪəs
Pretorius
prɪˈtɔːrɪəs
proditorious
ˌprɒdɪˈtɔːrɪəs
saltatorious
ˌsæltəˈtɔːrɪəs
sartorius
sɑːˈtɔːrɪəs
Sertorius
sɜːˈtɔːrɪəs
uproarious
ʌpˈrɔːrɪəs
uxorious
ʌkˈsɔːrɪəs
vainglorious
ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəs
victorious
vɪkˈtɔːrɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NOTORIOUS

notionalist
notionality
notionally
notionist
notions
notitia
notochord
notochordal
notodontid
Notogaea
Notogaean
notonectal
notoriety
notoriously
notoriousness
notornis
nototherium
notoungulate
notour
notour bankrupt

WORDS THAT END LIKE NOTORIOUS

bi-curious
carious
curious
deleterious
delicious
delirious
furious
gregarious
hilarious
illustrious
industrious
injurious
lugubrious
luxurious
mysterious
nefarious
precarious
serious
spurious
various
vicarious

Synonyms and antonyms of notorious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NOTORIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «notorious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of notorious

Translation of «notorious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NOTORIOUS

Find out the translation of notorious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of notorious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «notorious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

声名狼藉的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

notorio
570 millions of speakers

English

notorious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुख्यात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سيئة السمعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

печально
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

notório
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুখ্যাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

notoire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terkenal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

berüchtigt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悪名高い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

악명 높은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jahat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khét tiếng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேர்போன
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुविख्यात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

adı çıkmış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

famigerato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

notorycznie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

печально
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

notoriu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαβόητη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

berugte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beryktade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beryktet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of notorious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NOTORIOUS»

The term «notorious» is very widely used and occupies the 15.588 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NOTORIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about notorious

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10 QUOTES WITH «NOTORIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word notorious.
1
Paul Allen
Technology is notorious for engrossing people so much that they don't always focus on balance and enjoy life at the same time.
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Scott Anderson
Waitresses, soldiers, rickshaw drivers, old ladies selling vegetables - my father would schmooze anybody. He was Clintonesque before the word existed. And, of course, it paid dividends. Ill-tempered guards at the most notorious border crossings waved him through with cheery smiles. Haughty maitre d's fawned over him.
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Francis Chan
Churchgoers in America are notorious for jumping into movements, even ideas that are hard to listen to. But when they actually have to change their lifestyle and do something about it, it rarely translates into action.
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Margaret Chan
For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour.
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Caryl Chessman
How, possibly, could the police have made the 'mistake' of charging the wrong man with the notorious Red Light Bandit crimes? That also is something that is fully revealed in the Pandora's Box of facts I have prepared.
6
Tyler Cowen
France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French spend hundreds of millions of dollars subsidizing film production, extend interest-free loans to designated filmmakers, and have placed quotas not only on imports but on television time.
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Rob Delaney
I'm crazy about Shakespeare, who was a notorious word inventor. And my wife is an English teacher, and she's hilarious.
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Joel Fuhrman
Excess dietary salt is most notorious for increasing blood pressure. Americans have a 90 percent lifetime probability of developing high blood pressure - so even if your blood pressure is normal now, if you continue to eat the typical American diet, you will be at risk.
9
Grimes
I was incredibly unpopular in high school but also extremely notorious.
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Michel Houellebecq
I think that if I am notorious, it is because other people have decided that this is how I should be.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOTORIOUS»

Discover the use of notorious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to notorious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The It Girl #1
Popular Gossip Girl character Jenny Humphrey is leaving Constance Billard to attend Waverly Academy, an elite boarding school in New York horse country where glamorous rich kids don't let the rules get in the way of an excellent time.
Cecily von Ziegesar, 2008
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Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel
If Stephanie Plum wants to bring in a paycheck, she’ll have to remember: No guts, no glory. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Janet Evanovich's Takedown Twenty.
Janet Evanovich, 2012
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Notorious
Kiki Swinson has done it again. This book pulls you in from the very first page." --Treasure E. Blue, Essence® bestselling author of Harlem Girl Lost "Kiki captures the heat of the streets.
Kiki Swinson, 2009
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Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties
Hoosiers witness their share of human darkness. Stoner delves into this dark side with a look at the most heinous murders that have taken place in each of Indiana's 92 counties.
Andrew E. Stoner, 2007
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The Notorious Bacon Brothers: Inside Gang Warfare on ...
In The Notorious Bacon Brothers, bestselling author Jerry Langton tells the story of the new drug trade in BC, of betrayals and retributions, of public shootouts and assassinations, and of innocent bystanders caught in the middle.
Jerry Langton, 2013
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The Notorious B.I.G.: A Biography
Recounts the life of rap artist Biggie Smalls (a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G.), detailing his rise to superstardom, his friendships and feuds with Tupac Shaku and Suge Knight, and his still-unsolved murder at the age of twenty-four.
Holly Lang, 2007
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Notorious New Jersey: 100 True Tales of Murders and ...
Notorious New Jersey is the definitive guide to murder, mayhem, the mob, and corruption in the Garden State.
Jon Blackwell, 2007
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Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and ...
The book that both the NYPD and the hip-hop community don’t want you to read, Notorious C.O.P. is the first insider look at the real links between crime and hip-hop and the inefficiencies that have left some of the most widely publicized ...
Derrick Parker, Matt Diehl, 2007
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The World's Most Notorious Men
Profiles women from around the world whose actions have marked them as notorious, including Myra Hindley, Billie Jean King, Bonnie Parker, Catherine the Great, Alice Kyteler, Mata Hari, and Kittie Byron.
Book Sales, Inc., 2002
10
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, ...
Packed with first-person accounts, astonishing battle scenes, and surprising twists, this is a gripping and true adventure tale. The Notorious Benedict Arnold is the winner of the 2011 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Nonfiction.
Steve Sheinkin, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOTORIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term notorious is used in the context of the following news items.
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62000 employees are suing Abercrombie & Fitch over its notorious
Abercrombie & Fitch's workplace “look policy” continues ticking people off. The American retailer of rumpled, California surf-prep is known for ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
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Young Disneyland dancer dies after horrific car crash at notorious
A talented young dancer has died two days after her car crashed into a tree at a notorious accident blackspot. Disneyland Paris worker Karen ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Rangers claim 'notorious target killer' arrested in Karachi restaurant …
KARACHI: The Rangers paramilitary force claimed to have arrested a 'notorious target killer' Yamin alias AD in the last night's raid at a ... «The News International, Jul 15»
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First Look: Denise Richards Plays a 'Notorious Cougar' in CW's New …
Richards, 44, will guest-star in the Aug. 10 episode of the new comedy Significant Mother – and PEOPLE has the exclusive first look. Significant ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
5
Police Nab Notorious Robbers In Yobe
The Yobe state police command has captured a notorious gang of robbers who have allegedly been terrorizing motorists and commuters on ... «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
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Ex-head of notorious Romania Communist prison given 20-year …
Court The former commander of one of the most notorious prisons under Romania's ousted Communist regime was given a 20-year jail term ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
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Police raid notorious strip club, new night club
Undercover detectives and patrol officers executed a search warrant at the Pink Rhino Cabaret on East Van Buren Street. Thus far police have ... «KPHO Phoenix, Jul 15»
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Conor McGregor: Watch Sligo shop owner channel 'The Notorious
This video shows a shop owner dressed as Conor McGregor in a hilarious announcement of a half price sale. EJ 'McGregor' of EJ Menswear in ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
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Notorious Taliban Leader Killed in Afghanistan
24 de julio de 2015, 00:06Kabul, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Afghan police units killed today in an ambush the notorious commander of the insurgent Taliban ... «Prensa Latina, Jul 15»
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Guantanamo Bay closure: Why plans to close the notorious prison …
It sounds like an old vinyl record stuck in its groove, another regular reminder of what has long since been a national disgrace. After six years of ... «The Independent, Jul 15»

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