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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation;
- Example: "scandalous behavior"
- Example: "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray
- Example: "the most shocking book of its time"
[syn: disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scandalous \Scan"dal*ous\, a. [Cf. F. scandaleux.]
   1. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings;
      exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
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            Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any. --Hooker.
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   2. Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy;
      opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.
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   3. Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scandalous
    adj 1: 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" [syn: disgraceful,
           scandalous, shameful, shocking]