no ‧ to ‧ ri ‧ ous /nəʊˈtɔːriəs, nə- $ noʊ-, nə-/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Medieval Latin ; Origin: notorius , from Latin notus ; ⇨ ↑ notice 2 ]
famous or well known for something bad SYN infamous :
a notorious computer hacker
notorious cases of human rights abuses
notorious for
a judge notorious for his cruelty and corruption
—notoriously adverb :
Statistics can be notoriously unreliable.
The program is notoriously difficult to learn.
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THESAURUS
■ famous because of something bad
▪ notorious /nəʊˈtɔːriəs, nə- $ noʊ-, nə-/ famous because of doing something bad:
a notorious criminal
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a notorious legal case
▪ infamous famous because of doing something very bad, which seems immoral or evil:
the infamous attack on the World Trade Center
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the infamous Jack the Ripper