Definition of notorius
1. notorious [ a ] having an exceedingly bad reputation
Examples:
"a notorious gangster"
"the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"
2. notorious [ a ] having an exceedingly bad reputation
Examples:
"a notorious gangster"
"the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"
(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)
According_to the Food_and_Drug_Administration ( FDA ) , `` Doctor '' Ghadiali , Dr._Albert_Abrams and his clique , and Dr._Wilhelm_Reich - to name three notorious device quacks - succeeded , respectively , in distributing 10000 , 5000 , and 2000 fake health machines .
(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)
Replies to requests for character reference are notorious for their evasive double-entendre .
Synonyms notorious infamous ill-famed Related Terms disreputableSimilar Spelling
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