scandal
noun
a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
scandalously
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a word derived from
scandal.
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a word derived from
scandalous.
scandalousadjectivedisgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper.
Example Sentences
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"It is precisely because France stands shoulder to shoulder with the Iranian people, supporting their artists, scientists and researchers, that two French diplomats were scandalously and deliberately attacked on 19 July," Barrot said on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Some of the many fanciful gingerbread buildings that arose there were supposedly designed by the scandalously famous architect Stanford White and bore a resemblance to the Hotel del Coronado, which opened the same year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
When we’re formulating policies for children as a whole rather than coddling our own little angels, we fall scandalously short.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
The famous “flappers” of the 1920s, young women in the latest fashion who danced to cutting-edge American jazz and wore scandalously short, knee-length dresses, were the ultimate expression of the New Woman.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
This is still scandalously high, higher in fact than my aftertax weekly pay will amount to.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
