Definitions for notoriety

notoriety no·to·ri·e·ty

Spelling: [noh-tuh-rahy-i-tee]
IPA: /ˌnoʊ təˈraɪ ɪ ti/

Notoriety is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 247 anagrams from letters in notoriety (einoortty).

Definitions for notoriety

noun

  1. the state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known:
  2. Chiefly British. a notorious or celebrated person.

Origin of notoriety

1585-95; Medieval Latin nōtōrietās, equivalent to nōtōri(us) notorious + -etās, variant (after -i-) of -ity

Examples for notoriety

Whether they win or lose, contestants can be assured of one thing: notoriety as a sex worker.

Scalise was a state representative old enough to remember the notoriety of Farrell and Knight from years before.

Does it matter whether Taylor Swift wants me to inflate my Internet notoriety by doing a dumb thing where I lip sync to her music?

And yet Audrey's notoriety had won her more friends than she had ever had before.

Fueled by atrocity and a blitzkrieg of gains in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State has enjoyed a meteoric climb to notoriety.

The notoriety attending the killing of Matt Hall had not been good for Reid.

His notoriety was new enough and narrow enough to please him still.

Tawell was executed, and the notoriety of the case brought the telegraph into repute.

Both celebrity and notoriety are distinctions to be shunned.

After Crimea was occupied, Babay moved to eastern Ukraine, where his peculiar appearance quickly earned him notoriety.

Word Value for notoriety
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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