notorious

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

no·tori·ous BrE [nəʊˈtɔːriəs] NAmE [noʊˈtɔːriəs] adjective
well known for being bad
•a notorious criminal
•~ for sth/for doing sth The country is notorious for its appalling prison conditions.
•~ as sth The bar has become notorious as a meeting-place for drug dealers.
Derived Word: ↑notoriously

Word Origin:
[notorious notoriously] late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘generally known’): from medieval Latin notorius (from Latin notus ‘known’) + ↑-ous.

Example Bank:
•a location made notorious by battles between local gangs
•an area which is notorious as a centre for drug trafficking

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ill-famed, infamous