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
Levant famously did a number of television interviews with Jack Paar when Levant talked openly and perhaps a bit scandalously about his battles with depression and mental illness.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
One is that a scandalously high percentage of Americans are “unbanked” — lacking access to bank savings and checking accounts and to bank credit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
Risks: Burning bunker fuel and emitting huge amounts of greenhouse gases, discharging waste in port communities, interfering with marine life, scandalously low worker wages and tax evasion via “flags of convenience.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
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
