Notorious
notorious (adjective) - well-known and famous in a bad sort of waynotoriously (adverb)
notoriety (noun) - to become well-known for something bad
she gained a certain notoriety for the eccentric clothes she wore
the salacious details of his private life brought sudden notoriety to the male model
a notorious outlaw
the sheriff became a Texas legend when he shot the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid
a notorious drunk
one of the Mafia's most notorious figures, linked to the CIA plot to assassinate Fidel Castro
one of the most notorious breakups ever to hit the celebrity press
well-known politicians, movie stars, and notorious revolutionaries and criminals
a notorious rake
a notorious high-roller
for years notorious for its mind-numbing inefficiency
a notorious brawler always getting in bar fights
a notorious fudger of the truth
a notorious charlatan
a notorious con man
a notorious drifter
the notorious buccaneer
notorious for botching up the job
the nuclear power plant notorious for leaks and minor accidents
Calvin Coolidge was a notorious tightwad
a construction notorious for collapsing during earthquakes
member of a notorious goon squad
notorious big messes and nasty little surprises
the most notorious murder case in the nation's history
the notorious head of the Medellin Cartel organised crime syndicate
Triathletes are notorious for being yuppies that have a lot of money
a notorious English lord locked up in the Tower of London
Ditka's short fuse was so notorious
the girlfriend of a notorious mobster
one of baseball's greatest saints and most notorious sinners
the notorious HIV disease
many school councils also have circumvented the city's notorious education bureaucracy
a notorious gossiper
the most notorious of all artificial rock bands, the Monkees's 1967
helping the notorious Purple Gang smuggle alcohol from Canada in a hearse
notorious for being out of touch with the world
the family's notorious unfriendliness
one of the most notorious murder cases in US criminal history
a notorious offshore tax haven
notorious tales
a job notorious for low wages
notorious for making deals when cornered
sudden notoriety
achieved sudden notoriety
international notoriety
a notorious instance of corruption
a notorious bar
a notorious ragamuffin
a notorious headhunter
damage caused by the notorious coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish
the notorious little black book
he was notorious among his employees for what they considered his harsh treatment of them
the notorious rule number 19
a notorious dungeon
the notorious dungeon underground in the basement of the castle
notorious in the Old World for the primitive rapaciousness of their land ethics
a notorious human rights abuser
she became London's most notorious criminal during the supposedly swinging' 60s
notorious for missing work
notorious for trading for younger wives
a notorious bandit
California's most notorious bandit was killed in 1853
the site of America's most notorious prison
they could not report on their notorious cellmate's activities and still escape death
a notorious scandal
a notorious poem
a notorious photo
a notorious book
his notorious piety
notorious sophistries
the notorious Bankwang jail, dubbed the Bangkok Hilton
summer diarrhoea of infants was one of the most notorious child health problems in London
Example sentences:
* From there, at 16, he moved via Lebanon to Detroit, where he worked in a beauty shop and a car factory before helping the notorious Purple Gang smuggle alcohol from Canada in a hearse.
* Given the UN's notorious unfriendliness to Israel (remember the General Assembly's Zionism-is-racism resolution), the Israeli complaint has some force.
* The scandal's single and notorious poem, read out by Owen as his last word at the hearings, was supposed to be about Nicaragua, but again this was no real country.
* But Pascal, under the influence of Jansenism, was fundamentally hostile to the Jesuits and their notorious sophistries.
* His interest began after David Berkowitz was arrested for the Son of Sam murders, one of the most notorious murder cases in US criminal history.
* THE ISLE OF Ely, transformed into a notorious offshore tax haven, nevertheless houses an unequalled variety of shops selling everything from local crafts to electronics and consumer goods, all duty free.
* It is in that light that the notorious tales about Sussex's impenetrability must be seen.
* So notorious was this practice that Chaucer used the antithesis of the chase as a template of virtue for the poor Parson in his Canterbury Tales :
* People are still wondering exactly what went on during the filming of the notorious orgy scene in Erich von Stroheim's The Wedding March in 1928.
* His piety was notorious.
* JUDGES are notorious for being out of touch with the world but Judge John Lee must win the Legal Ass of the Year award for saying it's a woman's function to upset men.
* Indycar racing holds no fears for the brave Brummie, even though it is a notorious killer with spectacular crashes in cars belting around oval tracks at 240mph.
* The 63-year-old sales engineer from Ashford, Kent, has served five years in the notorious Bankwang jail --; dubbed the Bangkok Hilton.
* Early one morning in 1974 Serfaty was arrested in his Rabat apartment and taken to the notorious Derb Moulay Cherif prison in Casablanca.
* The concept of cultural evolution is problematical, and there are notorious difficulties about applying the notions of evolution and natural selection to cultural development; in particular, the ends served by various cultural developments are themselves defined by culture, as are the choices to which Wilson refers in his paper (this volume).
* Most deaths from diarrhoea occurred in the summer and early autumn, and this summer diarrhoea of infants was one of the most notorious child health problems in London (Finlay 1981) and even worse in the great Northern cities.
