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Meaning of 'scandalous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scandalous [ a.]
- Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
- Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.
- Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.

Meaning of 'scandalous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scandalous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
Example in sentence:
  • scandalous behavior;
  • the most shocking book of its time;
  • the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt

Nearby Words:

scab scabbard scabbard plane scabbed scabbedness scabbily scabbiness scabbing scabble scabby

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