flagitious
shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
heinous or flagrant, as a crime; infamous.
Origin of flagitious
1Other words from flagitious
- fla·gi·tious·ly, adverb
- fla·gi·tious·ness, noun
- non·fla·gi·tious, adjective
- non·fla·gi·tious·ly, adverb
- non·fla·gi·tious·ness, noun
- un·fla·gi·tious, adjective
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How to use flagitious in a sentence
It may produce wicked, flagitious, tyrannical acts; but in no country is it law.
For the ambiguous advantages which overgrown wealth and flagitious tyranny have to bestow?
Wieland; or The Transformation | Charles Brockden BrownThis was a wholesome scheme of vengeance as flagitious and vindictive as it was heartless and unprincipled.
The Last Laird of MacNab | VariousTo punish this flagitious deed, and restore his dominion in Italy, the emperor sent a fleet and army into the Adriatic Gulf.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward GibbonAll this was done under the forms of law, and yet it would be hard to find in the annals of crime an instance more flagitious.
The Church and Modern Life | Washington Gladden
British Dictionary definitions for flagitious
/ (fləˈdʒɪʃəs) /
atrociously wicked; vicious; outrageous
Origin of flagitious
1Derived forms of flagitious
- flagitiously, adverb
- flagitiousness, noun
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