All 6 Uses of
notorious
in
Atlas Shrugged
- In his lifetime, the name "Nat Taggart" was not famous, but notorious; it was repeated, not in homage, but in resentful curiosity; and if anyone admired him, it was as one admires a successful bandit.†
Chpt 1.3
- He had never met the man, but of all the notorious faces that cluttered the pages of newspapers, this was the one he despised.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- The third one did not achieve even that sort of notorious distinction.†
Chpt 1.7
- Just remember that the founder of that family was Nat Taggart, the most notoriously anti-social scoundrel that ever lived, who bled the country white to squeeze a fortune for himself.†
Chpt 1.8
- One of them, a young man with years of notorious success behind him and a cynical look of twice his age, said suddenly, "I know what I'd like to be: I wish I could be a man who covers news!†
Chpt 1.8
- And she was naive enough to imagine that I could suspect her of being the type men find attractive for a relationship in which what they seek is most notoriously not brains.†
Chpt 2.3
Definition:
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(notorious) well known for something bad