scandalous

Definition of scandalous in English English dictionary: wrong, immoral, causing a scandal
The thing made a big stir in the town, too, and a good many come out flatfooted and said it was scandalous to separate the mother and the children that way.; malicious, defamatory
I always disregard gossip--it is generally scandalous, and seldom true.; {a} disgraceful, shameful, base, vile; Scandalous behaviour or activity is considered immoral and shocking. He spoke of scandalous corruption and incompetence. + scandalously scan·dal·ous·ly He asked only that Ingrid stop behaving so scandalously; Scandalous stories or remarks are concerned with the immoral and shocking aspects of someone's behaviour or something that has happened. Newspaper columns were full of scandalous tales; giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"; Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story; {s} outrageous, shocking; disgraceful, shameful; defamatory, libelous; preoccupied with scandal; disapproval You can describe something as scandalous if it makes you very angry and you think the people responsible for it should be ashamed. It is absolutely scandalous that a fantastic building like this is just left to rot away. a scandalous waste of money. = disgraceful; Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation; Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice
scandal: Defamatory talk; gossip, slander
According to village scandal, they weren't even married.
scandal: Religious discredit; an act or behaviour which brings a religion into discredit
scandal: An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved
Their affair was reported as a scandal by most tabloids.
scandal: Wide-spread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency
When their behaviour was made public it caused a great scandal.
scandal: Damage to one's reputation
The incident brought considerable scandal to his family.
scandal: {v} to disgrace, to defame
scandal: {n} a disgrace, a reproachful aspersin
scandalously: {a} shamefully, censoriously
scandal: Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners
scandal: {i} outrage, offense; rumor, malicious gossip; dishonor, disgrace
scandal: Conduct which is the occasion of sin to another person
scandal: A scandal is a situation or event that is thought to be shocking and immoral and that everyone knows about. a financial scandal
scandal: Moral outrage; offence to decency
scandal: Damage to personal reputation
scandal: Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously
scandal: To scandalize; to offend
scandal: An incident or event that brings disgrace, or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved
scandal: Scandal is talk about the shocking and immoral aspects of someone's behaviour or something that has happened. He loved gossip and scandal
scandal: To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander
scandal: Something which hinders acceptance of religious ideas or behaviour; a stumbling-block or offense
scandal: Defamatory talk; gossip
scandal: means properly a pitfall or snare laid for an enemy; hence a stumbling-block, and morally an aspersion (Greek, skandalon ) “We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a [scandal] ”- 1 Cor i 23 The Hill of scandal So Milton calls the Mount of Olives, because King Solomon built thereon “an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab; and for Moloch, the abomination of the children of Ammon” (1 Kings xi 7)
scandal: Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace
scandal: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people a disgraceful event
scandal: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
scandal: disapproval If you say that something is a scandal, you are angry about it and think that the people responsible for it should be ashamed. It is a scandal that a person can be stopped for no reason by the police. = disgrace. Black Sox scandal Crédit Mobilier scandal Teapot Dome scandal Watergate scandal
scandal: a disgraceful event
scandalously: In a manner to give offense; shamefully
scandalously: With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong
scandalously: in a scandalous manner; "you behaved scandalously when you walked out of that meeting!
scandalously: outrageously; in a libelous manner; in a shocking manner
scandalously: In a scandalous manner
scandalousness: Quality of being scandalous
scandalousness: disgracefulness that offends public morality
scandalousness: {i} outrageousness; disgracefulness, shamefulness; state of being libelous; state of being preoccupied with scandal

scandalous

Turkish pronunciation

skändılıs

Synonyms

atrocious, backbiting, calumnious, crying, defamatory, desperate, detracting, detractive, disgraceful, gossiping, heinous, ignominious, infamous, libelous, maligning

Antonyms

proper, reputable, respected

Pronunciation

/ˈskandələs/ /ˈskændələs/

Etymology

[ 'skan-d&l-& ] (adjective.) 1603. From Medieval Latin scandalosus, via French scandaleuse. * Composition: scandal + -ous

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