notorious
noh taw ree uhs
- s known widely and usually unfavorably;
a notorious gangster
the tenderloin district was notorious for vice
- The President has promised to close down the notorious detention camp by the next twelve months.
- PTI's list of the most notorious presidential pardons.
- PTI's list of the most notorious crimes of the past century, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the Lindbergh kidnapping.