Notorious
[nə(ʊ)'tɔːrɪəs] or [no'tɔrɪəs]
Definition
(a.) 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.
Typist: Ted
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Open, overt, patent, manifest, obvious, apparent, evident, well-known.[2]. Conspicuous (generally in a bad sense), noted, celebrated, famous, famed.
Editor: Nell
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Known, undisputed, recognized, allowed
ANT:Suspected, reported, reputed
Edited by Arnold
Definition
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.
Checked by Hugo
Examples
- The women, like his own wife, who had sewed by day and night, were saved their strength and vision, and the slavery of the clothing factories, notorious in those days, was inestimably lightened. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Gudrun came to Ursula's bedroom with three pairs of the coloured stockings for which she was notorious, and she threw them on the bed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But the main reason lies in the one fact, which is notorious to everyone, and that is that Sir Eustace was a confirmed drunkard. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now it is notorious that land-shells are easily killed by sea-water; their eggs, at least such as I have tried, sink in it and are killed. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Some notorious carpers and squeamish moralists might be sulky with Lord Steyne, but they were glad enough to come when he asked them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- At heart and by descent an Aristocrat, an enemy of the Republic, a notorious oppressor of the People. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Lord Steyne in early life had been notorious for his daring and his success at play. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This notorious guerilla was afterwards surprised and killed near Greenville, Tennessee, and his command captured and dispersed by General Gillem. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You wouldn't suppose this man to be a notorious rascal; would you? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- His father was the notorious Sir Jabez Gilchrist, who ruined himself on the turf. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is notorious that specific characters are more variable than generic. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It is notorious that Edison did not then enjoy the skilful aid in safeguarding his ideas that he commanded later. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is notorious how much domestic animals vary in their mental qualities. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- And a devilish deal better than too much, said Mr. Hawley, whose bad language was notorious in that part of the county. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is notorious in how complicated a manner the species of Pelargonium, Fuchsia, Calceolaria, Petunia, Rhododendron, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Checked by Hugo