scandalous

scandalous
I adjective arrant, atrocious, base, black, condemnatory, corrupt, damnatory, dastardly, defamatory, denunciatory, deplorable, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, disrespectable, execrable, facinorous, flagitious, flagrant, fulsome, heinous, horrifying, ignoble, ignominious, illaudable, immodest, immoral, indecent, infamous, inglorious, iniquitous, lewd, licentious, low, mean, nefarious, notorious, objurgatory, odious, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, probrosus, profligate, reprehensible, scurrilous, shameful, shocking, thersitical, turpis, ugly, uncommendable, unworthy, wicked associated concepts: motion to strike scandalous matter, scandalous allegations, scandalous pleading II index arrant (onerous), bad (offensive), blameworthy, calumnious, contemptuous, delinquent (guilty of a misdeed), disgraceful, disorderly, flagrant, ignoble, inexpiable, iniquitous, lewd, libelous, licentious, nefarious, notorious, outrageous, peccant (culpable), regrettable, vicious

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  • Scandalous — Scan dal*ous, a. [Cf. F. scandaleux.] 1. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation. [1913 Webster] Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Disgraceful to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • scandalous — (adj.) 1590s, from Fr. scandaleux, from M.L. scandalosus, from Church L. scandalum (see SCANDAL (Cf. scandal)). Related: Scandalously …   Etymology dictionary

  • scandalous — [adj] disreputable atrocious, backbiting, calumnious, crying, defamatory, desperate, detracting, detractive, disgraceful, gossiping, heinous, ignominious, infamous, libelous, maligning, monstrous, odious, opprobrious, outrageous, red hot*,… …   New thesaurus

  • scandalous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) causing general public outrage by a perceived offence against morality or law. 2) (of a state of affairs) disgracefully bad. DERIVATIVES scandalously adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • scandalous — [skan′də ləs] adj. [Fr scandaleux < ML scandalosus] 1. causing scandal; offensive to a sense of decency or shocking to the moral feelings of the community; shameful 2. consisting of or spreading slander; libelous; defamatory scandalously adv.… …   English World dictionary

  • scandalous — [[t]skæ̱ndələs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Scandalous behaviour or activity is considered immoral and shocking. They would be sacked for criminal or scandalous behaviour... He spoke of scandalous corruption and incompetence. Syn: shocking… …   English dictionary

  • scandalous — adj. 1) scandalous to + inf. (it is scandalous to behave like that) 2) scandalous that + clause (it is scandalous that this road has so many potholes) * * * [ skænd(ə)ləs] scandalous that + clause (it is scandalous that this road has so many… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • scandalous — scan|dal|ous [ skændləs ] adjective 1. ) something that is scandalous shocks you and makes you feel very angry because it seems unfair or wrong: a scandalous waste of money it is scandalous that: It s scandalous that the medicine isn t… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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