notoriety
/nəʊ.təˈɹaɪ.ə.ti/US/noʊ.tɚ.aɪ.ə.ti/
notoriety noun: an infamous or notorious condition or reputation.
Noun
notoriety (countable and uncountable, plural notorieties)
- An infamous or notorious condition or reputation.
- [H]e who portrays examples of disinterestedness and intrepidity, confers on virtue the notoriety and homage that are due to it, and rouses in the spectators, the spirit of salutary emulation.1799, Charles Brockden Brown, Arthur Mervyn
- I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- ill fame, infamy, notoriousness
notoriety meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
notoriety in Hindi
- notoriety, infamy, ill fame
- अपकीर्ति apkīrti, अपयश apyaś
- notoriety
- प्रतिष्ठा pratiṣṭhā
notoriety in Tamil
- கெட்ட பேர், திருட்டு முதலிய தீயதற்குப் பிரசித்தம்
notoriety in Marathi
- कुप्रसिद्धी
notoriety in Urdu
- notoriety
- شہرت śuhrat
More languagesFewer languages
- notoriety in Bengali
- কুখ্যাতি, অপযশ, অখ্যাতি
- notoriety in Telugu
- అపఖ్యాతి
- notoriety in Malayalam
- കുപ്രസിദ്ധി, അപകീർത്തി, ദുഷ്പേര്
- notoriety in Kannada
- ಕೆಟ್ಟಹೆಸರು, ದೋವಿಲು
- notoriety in Gujarati
- અપકીર્તિ, કુખ્યાતિ
- notoriety in Odia
- କୁଖ୍ଯ଼ାତତା, କୁଖ୍ଯାତି
- notoriety in Sanskrit
- अकीर्ति akīrti
- notoriety in Nepali
- कुख्याति, कुप्रसिद्धी
Examples of notoriety in a sentence
- Rebecca Black's "Friday" video has gained notoriety for being one of the most disliked videos in YouTube history.
- A minibus van, often numberless and dubbed the 'drone', gained notoriety for kidnaps and disappearances.
- They called it MGM, an acronym quickly acquiring the notoriety of FGM.
Synonyms of notoriety
Forms of notoriety
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Origin of notoriety
Derived from Middle French notoriété, from Medieval Latin nōtōrietās, from nōtōrius, from nōtus (“known”), perfect passive participle of nōscō (“get to know”). By surface analysis, notorious + -ety.
Words that rhyme with notoriety
Questions about notoriety
- What does notoriety mean?
- Notoriety means an infamous or notorious condition or reputation.
- What is notoriety in Hindi?
- Notoriety in Hindi is अपकीर्ति (apkīrti), अपयश (apyaś), प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā). See Notoriety meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is notoriety?
- Notoriety is a noun.
- How do you pronounce notoriety?
- Notoriety is pronounced /nəʊ.təˈɹaɪ.ə.ti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of notoriety?
- The plural of notoriety is notorieties.
Words near notoriety in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: notoriety (page history and authors); अपकीर्ति (Hindi) (page history and authors); notoriety (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); notoriety (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); شہرت (Urdu) (page history and authors); notoriety (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); notoriety (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); notoriety (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); notoriety (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); notoriety (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); notoriety (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); notoriety (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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