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Webster 1913 Edition
Scandalous
Scan′dal-ous
,Adj.
[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 vice3.
Defamatory; libelous;
as, a
. scandalous
storyWebster 1828 Edition
Scandalous
SCAN'DALOUS
,Adj.
1.
Giving offense.Nothing scandalous or offensive to any.
2.
Opprobrious; disgraceful to reputation; that brings shame or infamy; as a scandalous crime or vice. How perverted must be the mind that considers seduction or dueling less scandalous than larceny!3.
Defamatory.Definition 2024
scandalous
scandalous
English
Adjective
scandalous (comparative more scandalous, superlative most scandalous)
- wrong, immoral, causing a scandal
- 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- 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.
- 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- malicious, defamatory
- 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie
- These be the scandalous reports of such / As loves not me, and hate my lord too much.
- 1887, Marie Corelli, Thelma
- I always disregard gossip--it is generally scandalous, and seldom true.
- 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie
Translations
wrong, immoral, causing a scandal
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malicious, defamatory
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