Definitions for scandalous
ˈskæn dl əsscan·dalous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shockingadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scandalousadjective

   wrong, immoral, causing a scandal

2. scandalousadjective

   malicious, defamatory

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scandalousadjective

   Etymology: scandaleux, French; from scandal.

   1. Giving publick offence.

   Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any, especially unto the church of God: all things in order, and with seemliness. Richard Hooker.

   Something savouring
   Of tyranny, which will ignoble make you,
   Yea, scandalous to the world. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   2. Opprobrious; disgraceful.3. Shameful; openly vile.

   You know the scandalous meanness of that proceeding, which was used. Alexander Pope.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. Scandalousadjective

   giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation

2. Scandalousadjective

   disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice

3. Scandalousadjective

   defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story

4. Etymology: [Cf. F. scandaleux.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of scandalous in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of scandalous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of scandalous in a Sentence

1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   I condemn the statements, the scandalous statements, made by the foreign minister of Sweden, it seems she expects Israel's citizens to bare their throats to those trying to stab them. This will not happen, and we will continue to protect the lives of Israel's citizens.

2. Mykola Azarov:

   If, using his knowledge, he played an active role then there's nothing scandalous about it.

3. Ian Allinson:

   It's just scandalous that the government is choosing to not do something effective to support ordinary people but is happy to leave those mega profits for the companies that are inflicting this on us.

4. Diosdado Cabello:

   Do you think any similarity with this scandalous fabrication is pure coincidence? i don't think so!

5. Marguerite Duras:

   When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It's a slur on the divine in our nature.

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