Ms. Eichler had a notorious reputation for being austere to her students.
Source: tatoeba (1928)
Notorious
//nə(ʊ)ˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əs//
Synonyms for "notorious" (174 found)
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2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
5 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مشنوع adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bədnam adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Belarusian
1 entries- праславу́ты adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Bulgarian
1 entries- печално известен adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Catalan
2 entries- infame adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- notori adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 惡名昭彰 /恶名昭彰 adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- 臭名昭著 adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Czech
1 entries- nechvalně známý adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Danish
1 entries- berygtet adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Dutch
3 entries- berucht adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- beruchte adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- notoir adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Esperanto
2 entries- fifama adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- fikonata adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Finnish
3 entries- kuuluisa adj (generally or widely known; famous or well-known — see also famous, well-known)
- pahamaineinen adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- tunnettu adj (generally or widely known; famous or well-known — see also famous, well-known)
French
1 entries- notoire adj (generally or widely known; famous or well-known — see also famous, well-known)
Galician
1 entries- notorio adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
German
2 entries- berüchtigt adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- notorisch adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Greek
1 entries- διαβόητος adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Hindi
2 entries- कुख्यात adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- बदनाम adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Icelandic
1 entries- alræmdur adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Italian
1 entries- famigerato adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Japanese
1 entries- 悪名高い adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Latin
1 entries- infāmis adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Macedonian
3 entries- зло́гласен adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- озло́гласен adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- по́знат adj (generally or widely known; famous or well-known — see also famous, well-known)
Māori
1 entries- mōiriiri adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Norman
1 entries- sîngnalé adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Norwegian
1 entries- beryktet adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- notorisk adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- notorisk adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Old English
1 entries- ǣber adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- رذیل adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Polish
1 entries- notoryczny adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Portuguese
2 entries- famigerado adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- notório adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Russian
3 entries- небезызве́стный adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- печа́льно изве́стный adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- преслову́тый adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- ozloglašen adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Spanish
4 entries- afamado adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- de mala fama adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- notorio adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- prócer adj (generally or widely known; famous or well-known — see also famous, well-known)
Swedish
2 entries- beryktad adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- ökänd adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Ukrainian
2 entries- лихосла́вний adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- преслову́тий adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Vietnamese
1 entries- khét tiếng adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
Welsh
3 entries- ag enw drwg adj (generally or widely known for something negative — see also infamous)
- enwog adj (generally or widely known; famous or well-known — see also famous, well-known)
- hysbys adj (generally or widely known; famous or well-known — see also famous, well-known)
Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
The notorious rebel was ultimately captured and confined to jail.
Source: tatoeba (28523)
The notorious dictator abused his privileges to his heart's content.
Source: tatoeba (28524)
Hitler is one of the most notorious dictators.
Source: tatoeba (34670)
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