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The meaning of SCANDALOUS is libelous, defamatory. How to use scandalous in a sentence.
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Scandalous describes something that's shocking, and maybe a little embarrassing or even offensive. Your great-grandfather might be a scandalous character in your family history if he was married seven times, each time to younger and younger wives.
adjective. disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public. defamatory or libelous, as a speech or writing. attracted to or preoccupied with scandal, as a person: a scandalous, vicious gossip.
SCANDALOUS BEHAVIOUR meaning | Definition, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English.
uk / ˈskæn.d ə l.əs / us / ˈskæn.d ə l.əs / Add to word list. making people shocked and upset: scandalous stories. It's scandalous that we do so little to prevent homelessness. Synonyms. disgraceful. outrageous. shameful disapproving. shocking. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Morally wrong and evil. abhorrently. amorality. anomie.
Scandalous behaviour or activity is considered immoral and shocking. They would be sacked for criminal or scandalous behaviour. He spoke of scandalous corruption and incompetence.
1. disgraceful; improper or immoral: scandalous behavior. 2. defamatory; libelous. 3. attracted to scandal: a scandalous gossip. [1585–95; < Medieval Latin scandalōsus. See scandal, -ous] scan′dal•ous•ly, adv. scan′dal•ous•ness, n.
