Notoriety

Noun

 * 1) The condition of being infamous or notorious
 * "[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." &mdash; Arthur Mervyn by Charles Brockden Brown

Synonyms

 * ill fame
 * infamy

Adjectives for Notoriety
newspaper; despised; unpleasant; criminal; unenviable; public; scandalous; romantic; infamous; melancholy.

Verbs for Notoriety
achieve—; acquire—; avoid—; burden with —; delight in—; devote to—; exult in—; flaunt—; heap—on; hunt—; labor under—; outshine—; raise to—; seek—; wallow in—; —attracts; —bridles; —decomposes; —enthrones; —glorifies; —overshadows; —palls; —shames.

Thesaurus
PR, acclaim, arrantness, ballyhoo, blatancy, blot, blurb, boldness, bright light, celebrity, character, common knowledge, conspicuousness, cry, currency, daylight, discredit, discreditableness, disgrace, disgracefulness, dishonor, dishonorableness, disreputability, disreputableness, disrepute, eclat, exposure, fame, famousness, figure, flagrance, flagrancy, glare, glory, high relief, hoopla, hue and cry, ignominy, infamy, kudos, limelight, maximum dissemination, name, noticeability, notoriousness, obloquy, obtrusiveness, opprobrium, ostentation, outstandingness, plug, popularity, press notice, prominence, promotion, pronouncedness, propaganda, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story, publicness, puff, reclame, recognition, renown, rep, report, reputation, repute, salience, saliency, scandal, shame, shamefulness, spotlight, stain, strikingness, strong relief, the bubble reputation, unrespectability, unsavoriness, vogue, write-up

Etymology
From notorious:, from notorius:, from  notus:, perfect passive participle of nosco:.

Translations

 * Estonian: kurikuulsus
 * Finnish:
 * Russian: дурная слава ''