Found 2 items, similar to scandalous.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: scandalous
scandalous
adj : giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to
reputation;
“scandalous behavior”;
“the wicked rascally
shameful conduct of the bankrupt”- Thackeray;
“the most
shocking book of its time” [syn:
disgraceful,
shameful,
shocking]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Scandalous
Scandalous
\Scan"dal*ous\, a. [Cf. F. scandaleux.]
1. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings;
exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
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Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any. --Hooker.
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2. Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy;
opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.
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3. Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.
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