ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsNnotorious
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notorious
Meaning: famous or well known for some bad quality or deed
notorious in a sentence
How notorious is used in real sentences:
The pirate was notorious for his cruelty toward captured sailors.
The neighborhood was notorious for late-night noise and petty theft.
“Her team had recorded signs of an unknown element, but a notorious equipment flaw had produced false signals in earlier experiments.”
— from the passage A Place on the Table
Synonyms for notorious
Other words for notorious — infamous, disreputable and scandalous — carry the same meaning.
- infamous
- disreputable
- scandalous
Antonyms of notorious
Words that mean the opposite of notorious:
- obscure
- reputable
Where it comes from
From Latin notus 'known'
Memory hook
NOTOR-ious sounds like 'NOTE the bad reputation' — everyone notes how bad they are.