flagitious

flagitious
I adjective abominable, accursed, amoralistic, arrant, atrocious, bad, base, blameworthy, criminal, decadent, degenerate, depraved, diabolical, disgraceful, dissolute, egregious, evil, execrable, facinorous, felonious, flagrant, grievous, heinous, ignominious, immoral, impious, incarnate, inexcusable, inexpiable, infernal, iniquitous, monstrous, nefarious, outrageous, profligate, reprehensible, reprobate, scandalous, shameful, shocking, sinister, unprincipled, unrighteous, unscrupulous, vile, villainous, wicked II index bad (offensive), blameworthy, depraved, disgraceful, flagrant, heinous, immoral, inexcusable, inexpiable, iniquitous, nefarious, outrageous, profligate (corrupt), reprehensible, reprobate, scandalous, sinister

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  • Flagitious — Fla*gi tious, a. [L. flagitiosus, fr. flagitium a shameful or disgraceful act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. flagrare to burn, E. flagrant.] 1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • flagitious — (adj.) shamefully wicked, criminal, late 14c., from O.Fr. flagicieux or directly from L. flagitiosus shameful, disgraceful, infamous, from flagitium shameful act, passionate deed, disgraceful thing, related to flagrum a whip, scourge, lash,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • flagitious — nefarious, infamous, iniquitous, villainous, *vicious, corrupt, degenerate Analogous words: scandalous, criminal, sinful (see corresponding nouns at OFFENSE): shameful, disgraceful (see corresponding nouns at DISGRACE): *flagrant, gross, glaring …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • flagitious — [flə jish′əs] adj. [ME flagicious < L flagitiosus < flagitium, shameful act < flagitare, to demand, akin to flagrum: see FLAGELLATE] shamefully wicked; vile and scandalous flagitiously adv. flagitiousness n …   English World dictionary

  • Flagitious — Steve Miller uses this word in The Joker . Homer Simpson reads, the flagitious of love …   Wikipedia

  • flagitious — adjective Extremely brutal or cruel This young Nobleman was not only a flagitious Punster himself, but was accessary to the Punning of others, by Consent, by Provocation, by Connivance, and by Defence of the Evil committed; Syn: infamous,… …   Wiktionary

  • flagitious — /fləˈdʒɪʃəs/ (say fluh jishuhs) adjective 1. shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, times, etc.: *Montgomery would maintain this flagitious procrastination of his managerial duties while I remain a butt for his ill timed chaff. –joseph furphy,… …  

  • flagitious villainy — index atrocity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • flagitious — adjective Etymology: Middle English flagicious, from Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium shameful thing Date: 14th century marked by scandalous crime or vice ; villainous • flagitiously adverb • flagitiousness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • flagitious — flagitiously, adv. flagitiousness, n. /fleuh jish euhs/, adj. 1. shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times. 2. heinous or flagrant, as a crime; infamous. [1350 1400; ME flagicious < L flagitiosus, equiv. to flagiti(um) shame, scandal +… …   Universalium

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