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Macmillan Dictionary: famous for something bad
– kazhvan
Commented Aug 8, 2017 at 16:16
MW - famous especially [but not exclusively] for something bad.
– Stilez
Commented Aug 9, 2017 at 8:15
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Notorious is sometimes used ironically or humorously as an equivalent for "famous" but without such a context, it will almost always be interpreted as negative. Saying someone is "notorious" for their belgian waffles either means their belgian waffles are terrible, or possibly ironically means their belgian waffles are wonderful.
– barbecue
Commented Aug 10, 2017 at 0:55

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