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scan·dal·ous
 scandalous
- pronunciation:
- skaen
d
ls
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
causing, or likely to cause, a scandal; shocking; disgraceful.
The senator's scandalous love affair with one of his aides was reported in all the newspapers.- synonyms:
- disgraceful, flagrant, inglorious, outrageous, shameful, shocking
- similar words:
- dishonorable, disreputable, ignominious, improper, indecent, indecorous, infamous, objectionable, opprobrious, reprehensible
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| definition 2: |
consisting of or containing material likely to cause a scandal.
a scandalous report- synonyms:
- calumnious, defamatory, slanderous, traducing
- antonyms:
- seemly
- similar words:
- gossipy, injurious, insinuating, libelous
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| related words: |
monstrous, notorious, obscene, sensational, shameful |
| derivations: |
scandalously (adv.), scandalousness (n.) |
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