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# notorious

«notorious» in Mova's school dictionary: **Famous for something bad: a notorious thief** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Famous for something bad: a notorious thief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notorious/#m1)

2) Well known for an annoying or dangerous quality: this road is notorious for accidents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notorious/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In news and stories, «notorious» warns the reader that a person, place or thing has a bad reputation. In everyday talk: «He's notorious for being late». Phrases: notorious for, a notorious criminal, notoriously difficult.

### examples

- The pirate was notorious for his cruelty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notorious/#x1)
- This bend is notorious for accidents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notorious/#x2)
- My brother is notorious for eating all the biscuits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notorious/#x3)
- The notorious robber was finally caught. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notorious/#x4)
- The island is notorious for its storms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notorious/#x5)
- That exam is notoriously hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notorious/#x6)
- The castle had a notorious dungeon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notorious/#x7)
- Soon afterwards the oxen of the king were stolen by the notorious thief Autolycus, and Heracles was suspected by Eurytus of having committed the theft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notorious/#x8)

### note

Trap: «notorious» is for bad fame; for good fame say «famous» or «renowned». Noun: notoriety; adverb: notoriously.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «notorious» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notorious/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.