NOTORIOUS


Meaning of NOTORIOUS in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

most

Thus ends the story of Reading's most notorious citizen.

There is 544 Camp Street in New Orleans, the most notorious address in the chronicles of the assassination.

The most notorious example in Julius Caesar was the scenes where Brutus reacts to the death of his wife Portia.

The most notorious confrontation took place around a coking plant at Orgreave, near Sheffield.

His most notorious story was a psychoanalysis of Rupert Murdoch based on material from sources including the office cleaners.

Langtoft is perhaps most notorious for its record of freak weather conditions and violent storms.

■ NOUN

case

The most notorious case concerns the 1,600 names on 31 Outhwaite syndicates.

The notorious case of Michigan shows this issue at its most stark.

The next strand led back to the notorious case of Crichel Down in 1954.

The judgments in notorious cases which had decided that there could be unfettered administrative discretion were repudiated.

Probably the notorious case of some rail coaches being moved by road came about in the same way.

example

The most notorious example in Julius Caesar was the scenes where Brutus reacts to the death of his wife Portia.

Cantril Farm in Knowsley, 8 miles from Liverpool, is one particularly notorious example .

The Mexico-Australia, Paraguay-USA, and Paraguay-France matches a few years ago were other notorious examples .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Davis is a notorious woman hater.

English soccer fans are notorious for their drunkenness.

One of Britain's most notorious criminals has escaped from prison.

the notorious flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He faced up to the notorious Chelsea Boot Boys with an electrified fence but was refused permission to switch it on.

Hotels and catering are notorious for their low rates of pay.

Sauteed quail livers with Madeira sauce are notorious in this regard.

The crash happened at a notorious accident blackspot.

The middle of United's notorious pitch was a swamp long before kick-off, posing the threat of stamina-sapping conditions.

The Richmond case joins other notorious incidents of child-against-child violence in recent years.

This portrait of self-destruction is told through the contrast of two singing sisters, one famous and one notorious .

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