fame
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence: to seek fame as an opera singer.
common estimation or opinion generally held of a person or thing; reputation.
Origin of fame
1Other words from fame
- fameless, adjective
- outfame, verb (used with object), out·famed, out·fam·ing.
- self-fame, noun
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Old comments from Justin Timberlake, Spears’s ex-boyfriend at the height of her fame, were among the many that surged back into public view.
Britney Spears’s conservatorship is back in court — and back in the public eye | Ashley Fetters | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostBrown, 40, exploded into Internet fame last week when she posted her saga to TikTok.
She used Gorilla Glue as hairspray. After 15 washes and a trip to the ER, it still won’t budge. | Lateshia Beachum | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostTravis Scott has been able to straddle the line between social media popularity and traditional fame better than virtually any celebrity of the moment, which doubtlessly contributed to the overall success of the McDonald’s campaign.
Celebrities have always done endorsements. Now they sell their fast food orders. | Jameson Rich | February 5, 2021 | VoxHumiliated and disappointed by Spanish governance, he decided to seek his own wealth and fame in piracy.
The Buccaneers embody Tampa’s love of pirates. Is that a problem? | Jamie Goodall | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostAs Times critic-at-large Wesley Morris points out in the episode, Spears rose to fame during the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal, when young women’s sexual desires were being discussed in public at once frankly, pruriently and scornfully.
Britney Spears and the trauma of being young, female and famous in the ’90s | Ashley Fetters | February 5, 2021 | Washington Post
Her post-crown fame, though, only further begs the question: Why has there not been another Jewish Miss America since 1945?
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America? | Emily Shire | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTTim Russert and I are driving back to the Albany airport after taking our kids to the baseball Hall of fame in Cooperstown.
Any restaurant with a sustained fame ends up becoming a set, of sorts, and on that front, Sotto Sotto cinched it.
The Fiery Death of Sotto Sotto, Toronto’s Celebrity Hotspot | Shinan Govani | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe might have thought The Comeback was about a desperate actress's shameless struggle for fame.
‘The Comeback’ Finale: Give Lisa Kudrow All of the Awards | Kevin Fallon | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe is using this technique, which generations of African-Americans have used for survival, for fame and profit.
It was by popularizing tobacco in France that he gained a lasting fame.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.He achieved his highest fame from his connection with the revision of the statutes of New York.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThat first 'pinch' was its own priceless reward, far above present appreciation or future fame.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.We have heard the fame thereof, our hands grow feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, as a woman in labour.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAs these lines are not in the original, the writer may have taken them from Chaucer's Hous of fame, ll.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey Chaucer
British Dictionary definitions for fame
/ (feɪm) /
the state of being widely known or recognized; renown; celebrity
archaic rumour or public report
(tr; now usually passive) to make known or famous; celebrate: he was famed for his ruthlessness
Origin of fame
1Derived forms of fame
- famed, adjective
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