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Notorious meaning

  1. Senses with an unfavourable connotation.
  2. Of a person or entity: generally or widely known for something negative; infamous.

Synonyms of Notorious

Using Notorious

  • The main meaning on this page is: Senses with an unfavourable connotation. | Of a person or entity: generally or widely known for something negative; infamous. | Senses with an unfavourable connotation.
  • Useful related words include: ill-famed, infamous, disreputable.
  • In the example corpus, notorious often appears in combinations such as: the notorious, notorious for, most notorious.

Context around Notorious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Notorious

  • In this selection, "notorious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, award, rapper, old, pirate, shadow and security stand out and add context to how "notorious" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a league notorious for scoring and a notorious armed group. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "notorious" sits close to words such as bennett, equation and fits, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with notorious

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

According to the local police, Sarvesh Das was a notorious criminal. (11 words)

A 35-year-old notorious bandit informant, has been arrested by the Zamfara State Police Command. (16 words)

Although Nigerian politicians are notorious for being unprincipled, it sounds implausible that Amaechi would take that step at this time. (20 words)

Abdelkafi is on record quoting from the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the notorious antisemitic forgery, and his Facebook posts include a prayer to "liberate the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem of the filth of the Jews". (38 words)

Kaing Guek Eav, the former schoolteacher known as Duch who ran a notorious security prison under Cambodia’s notorious Khmer Rouge regime, on Wednesday at the Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital in the country’s capital Phnom Penh. (37 words)

A popular meme is the real Oppenheimer’s most notorious quote, originally from the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita, “Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds,” but styled in Barbie typeface and a hot pink hue. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

On Wednesday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation it planned to award notorious pirate captain Alexandra Elbakyan for her work providing scientific knowledge free to the world through the notorious shadow library Sci-Hub.

But The Notorious, who has been everything but notorious during fight week, stuck to his changed persona and said sorry to fans for his tardiness.

Kaing Guek Eav, the former schoolteacher known as Duch who ran a notorious security prison under Cambodia’s notorious Khmer Rouge regime, on Wednesday at the Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital in the country’s capital Phnom Penh.

Since the advent of the Internet, the judge’s popularity has further soared — with fans calling her “Notorious RBG”, referring to the late rapper Notorious BIG.

But in reality, they not only are notorious criminals, fugitive frauds, forgers and money launderers, they are funders of Islamic State as well as business associate of notorious terrorist Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company.

A 35-year-old notorious bandit informant, has been arrested by the Zamfara State Police Command.

Abdelkafi is on record quoting from the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the notorious antisemitic forgery, and his Facebook posts include a prayer to "liberate the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem of the filth of the Jews".

A bus driver caused traffic chaos and huge delays on Monday when it blocked the notorious Conor Pass in West Kerry.

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According to the local police, Sarvesh Das was a notorious criminal.

Adoption agencies, governed by board members close to the military leaders, were notorious for aggressive child-gathering activities and falsified paperwork that manipulated children’s origins as they raced to send more adoptees abroad.

After all, they play in a league notorious for scoring points, and as the Cougars get deeper into conference play they will need something to lean on.

A lawyer, caught up in a murder case, becomes a notorious and genius con artist overnight, in order to fight against a huge conspiracy and survive.

Alito also gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal saying he knew the source of the notorious leak of the decision, but wouldn’t reveal it.

Although Nigerian politicians are notorious for being unprincipled, it sounds implausible that Amaechi would take that step at this time.

A man has been charged with murder over the execution shooting of a notorious Lone Wolf bikie in front of his wife in his apartment block carpark.

A new online trend where influencers visit notorious crocodile-infested waters has been slammed by an expert who says it will end in 'death' for some of those involved.

A notorious armed group suspected of massacring at least 41 people at a Ugandan school has received funds from the so-called Islamic State (IS), according to a UN report seen by AFP on Monday.

A notorious example of a deepfake or 'cheapfake' was a crude impersonation of appearing to surrender to Russia in a video widely circulated on Russian social media last year.

A notorious Ripon man tried to stab a Wetherspoon’s bar worker with a table knife after warning police that he was “going to kill somebody”.

A popular meme is the real Oppenheimer’s most notorious quote, originally from the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita, “Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds,” but styled in Barbie typeface and a hot pink hue.

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Common combinations with notorious

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "notorious" in a sentence?
An example: "On Wednesday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation it planned to award notorious pirate captain Alexandra Elbakyan for her work providing scientific knowledge free to the world through the notorious shadow library Sci-Hub." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "notorious" from authentic English texts.
What does "notorious" mean?
Notorious means: Senses with an unfavourable connotation.
What are synonyms of "notorious"?
Common synonyms of "notorious" include: ill-famed, infamous, disreputable.
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