scandalous
[skan-dl-uh s]
- 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.
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Origin of scandalous
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Examples from the Web for scandalous
Contemporary Examples
So why did the God of the Hebrew people choose such a scandalous setting for becoming human?
It is wild that something that would seem to be so scandalous would just disappear from the press.
She was a celebrated bohemian, considered a scandalous woman.
Michaud did not come out of the closet in order to avoid some scandalous revelation.
In London, the group will do walking tours of the variously sexy, scandalous, and literary neighborhoods of Soho and Bloomsbury.
Historical Examples
If Galloway thinks to put it all on my back, it's a scandalous shame!
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
Marriage is the worst and most scandalous remedy in such cases.
The Sexual QuestionAugust Forel
It was scandalous, never to think of anything but their stomachs!
The DownfallEmile Zola
So the Universalists have been behavin' scandalous, have they?
Fair HarborJoseph Crosby Lincoln
"And of the scandalous speeches of professional agitators," said Madame Sella.
The Eternal CityHall Caine
Word Origin and History for scandalous
adj.
late 15c., from French scandaleux, from Medieval Latin scandalosus "scandalous," from Church Latin scandalum (see scandal). Related: Scandalously.
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