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scandalous
scan·dal·ous S0120100 (skăn′dl-əs)adj.1. Causing scandal; shocking: scandalous behavior.2. Containing material damaging to reputation; defamatory: a scandalous exposé.
scan′dal·ous·ly adv.scan′dal·ous·ness n.scan•dal•ous (ˈskæn dl əs)
adj. 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. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | scandalous - 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"disgraceful, shameful, shockingimmoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong |
scandalousadjective1. shocking, disgraceful, outrageous, offensive, appalling, foul, dreadful, horrifying, obscene, monstrous, unspeakable, atrocious, frightful, abominable They would be sacked for criminal or scandalous behaviour.
shocking decent, respectable, upright2. slanderous, gossiping, scurrilous, untrue, defamatory, libellous Newspaper columns were full of scandalous tales.
slanderous laudatory3. outrageous, shocking, infamous, disgraceful, monstrous, shameful, atrocious, unseemly, odious, disreputable, opprobrious, highly improper a scandalous waste of money
outrageous seemly, proper, reputablescandalousadjective1. Disgracefully and grossly offensive:atrocious, heinous, monstrous, outrageous, shocking.Archaic: enormous.2. Damaging to the reputation:calumnious, defamatory, detractive, injurious, invidious, slanderous.Law: libelous.Translationsscandal (ˈskӕndl) noun1. something that is considered shocking or disgraceful. The price of such food is a scandal. 醜聞，令人憤慨的事 丑闻2. an outburst of public indignation caused by something shocking or disgraceful. Her love affair caused a great scandal amongst the neighbours; They kept the matter secret, in order to avoid a scandal. 公憤 公愤3. gossip. all the latest scandal. 流言蜚語 流言蜚语ˈscandalize, ˈscandalise verb to shock or horrify. Their behaviour used to scandalize the neighbours. 使感到憤慨 使感愤慨ˈscandalous adjective1. shocking or disgraceful. 令人憤慨的，丟臉的，不像話的 令人反感的，令人愤慨的 2. (of stories etc) containing scandal. 誹謗的 诽谤性的ˈscandalously adverb in a disgraceful way. 丟臉地 诽谤地EncyclopediaSeescandalScandalous
MATTER, SCANDALOUS, equity pleading. A false and malicious statement of facts, not relevant to the cause. But nothing which is positively relevant, however harsh or gross the charge may be, can be considered scandalous. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4163.
2. A bill cannot by the general practice, be referred for impertinence after the defendant has answered, or submitted to answer, but it may be referred for scandal at any time, and even upon the application of a stranger to the suit, for he has the right to prevent the records of the court from being made the vehicle of spreading slanders against himself. Id. n. 41f 64. scandalous
Synonyms for scandalousadj shockingSynonyms- shocking
- disgraceful
- outrageous
- offensive
- appalling
- foul
- dreadful
- horrifying
- obscene
- monstrous
- unspeakable
- atrocious
- frightful
- abominable
Antonymsadj slanderousSynonyms- slanderous
- gossiping
- scurrilous
- untrue
- defamatory
- libellous
Antonymsadj outrageousSynonyms- outrageous
- shocking
- infamous
- disgraceful
- monstrous
- shameful
- atrocious
- unseemly
- odious
- disreputable
- opprobrious
- highly improper
AntonymsSynonyms for scandalousadj disgracefully and grossly offensiveSynonyms- atrocious
- heinous
- monstrous
- outrageous
- shocking
- enormous
adj damaging to the reputationSynonyms- calumnious
- defamatory
- detractive
- injurious
- invidious
- slanderous
- libelous
Synonyms for scandalousadj giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputationSynonyms- disgraceful
- shameful
- shocking
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