Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scandalous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Scandalous \Scan"dal*ous\, a. [Cf. F. scandaleux.]
1. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings;
exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.

Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any. --Hooker.

2. Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy;
opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.

3. Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

scandalous
adj : 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" [syn: {disgraceful}, {shameful},
{shocking}]


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