scandalous
disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
defamatory or libelous, as a speech or writing.
attracted to or preoccupied with scandal, as a person: a scandalous, vicious gossip.
Origin of scandalous
1Other words from scandalous
- scan·dal·ous·ly, adverb
- scan·dal·ous·ness, noun
- non·scan·dal·ous, adjective
- non·scan·dal·ous·ly, adverb
- su·per·scan·dal·ous, adjective
- su·per·scan·dal·ous·ly, adverb
- un·scan·dal·ous, adjective
- un·scan·dal·ous·ly, adverb
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How to use scandalous in a sentence
He acquired $1 billion worth of art and tangled scandalously with the authorities.
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Michael Gorra on a new history of their dismal lives—and how Dickens scandalously abandoned their mother after years of marriage.
“I love everything scandalously starting afresh, all connected and confused,” she writes.
Paul Auster, Bernhard Schlink, and More of This Week’s Hot Reads: Aug. 13, 2012 | Mythili Rao | August 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTChina believes that the U.S. is mistakenly and scandalously holding it responsible for deep-seated made-in-America problems.
When Bobby was in good spirits the marching music got into his legs and set him to dancing scandalously.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonI freely give up my life as a just forfeit to my country, whose laws I have scandalously outraged.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 | Camden PelhamFor a boy who was ordinarily so sober as Henry, such conduct was scandalously riotous.
The Secret Wireless | Lewis E. TheissAnd he saw socks that were as scandalously brilliant as spun turquoises or knitted opals.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesIf we don't make it up within six months and if you don't behave scandalously the Decree is made absolute.
Tono Bungay | H. G. Wells
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