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adjectivedisgraceful; 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. Origin of scandalousFrom the Medieval Latin word scandalōsus, dating back to 1585–95. See scandal, -ous OTHER WORDS FROM scandalousscan·dal·ous·ly, adverbscan·dal·ous·ness, nounnon·scan·dal·ous, adjectivenon·scan·dal·ous·ly, adverb su·per·scan·dal·ous, adjectivesu·per·scan·dal·ous·ly, adverbun·scan·dal·ous, adjectiveun·scan·dal·ous·ly, adverb Words nearby scandalousscan, Scand, scandal, scandalize, scandalmonger, scandalous, scandal sheet, Scandaroon, scandent, Scanderbeg, scandia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for scandalousIt’s scandalous and absurd these agencies refuse to give correct guidance. This scientist made a Google Doc to educate the public about airborne coronavirus transmission|Niall Firth|October 2, 2020|MIT Technology Review So why did the God of the Hebrew people choose such a scandalous setting for becoming human? Jesus Wasn’t Born Rich. Think About It.|Gene Robinson|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is wild that something that would seem to be so scandalous would just disappear from the press. Inside the Lifetime Whitney Houston Movie’s Lesbian Lover Storyline|Kevin Fallon|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST She was a celebrated bohemian, considered a scandalous woman. Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Michaud did not come out of the closet in order to avoid some scandalous revelation. America’s First Post-Gay Governor|David Freedlander|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST In London, the group will do walking tours of the variously sexy, scandalous, and literary neighborhoods of Soho and Bloomsbury. Adventures in Gay History With Oscar Wilde|Tim Teeman|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST The very most scandalous crime one could commit at St. Ursula's was to go out of bounds without permission. The prince, I knew, was ravenously greedy and tyrannical, and wearied all with his scandalous exactions. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX.|Robert Kerr That, in the eyes of the converted natives, would have been scandalous. Rdan The Devil And Other Stories|Louis Becke An affair of a most scandalous character has taken place in our midst. Dead Souls|Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol On the publication of gen. orders 349 Worth asked Scott whether the charge of scandalous conduct referred to him. The War With Mexico, Volume II (of 2)|Justin H. Smith
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