Scandalous Definition

skăndl-əs
adjective
Causing scandal; offensive to a sense of decency or shocking to the moral feelings of the community; shameful.
Webster's New World
Consisting of or spreading slander; libelous; defamatory.
Webster's New World

Malicious, defamatory.

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Origin of Scandalous

  • From Medieval Latin scandalosus, via French scandaleuse; as if scandal + -ous.

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Scandalous Sentence Examples

  • His trial, however, ended in a scandalous fiasco.

  • It was a scandalous episode.

  • The result was a scandalous series of scenes in parliament and of courts martial.

  • Why did the government adopt so scandalous a course?

  • It seems scandalous that the UK Liberal Democrats with 22 per cent of the votes achieved less than ten per cent of the seats.

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