Meanings
adjectiveworld-renowned (not comparable)
- not comparableOf worldwide renown; known and respected internationally.
The feisty wife of a world-renowned Russian sculptor emasculated an armed thug outside her Soho home — saying he “didn’t have the cojones to shoot her,” police sources said yesterday.
2013 July 10, Daniel Prendergast, “‘You don’t have the cojones’: 54-year-old woman fronts up to would-be muggers who pointed gun at her chest”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2016Synonyms: world-famous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf worldwide renown; known and respected internationally.
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Finnish maailmankuulu
- maailmankuuluof worldwide renown
French de renommée mondiale
- de renommée mondialeof worldwide renown
Yiddish וועלט־באַרימט
- וועלט־באַרימט (velt-barimt)of worldwide renown
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