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Meanings of scandalous in English

Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.

Related terms

Extraordinary in some bad way.

Usage of scandalous in English
1
But I've heard a great deal, and not all of it scandalous.
Casket of Souls
2
IT'S the scandalous book Donald Trump does not want you to read.
News.com.au
3
We can imagine how doubly scandalous such a moment was for Arendt.
The Guardian
4
The peasant in him, and the orthodox grammarian, preferred less scandalous subjects.
Caesar Dies
5
A scandalous affair or a divorce, either would have damaged his chances.
Death of a Red Heroine
6
Made in the 1910s, they are no less scandalous in today's Russia.
The Guardian
7
It was absolutely scandalous, man; fucking outrageous to say things like that.
The Guardian
8
And the way he hauled me over the coals was scandalous, too.
Fred Fenton on the Track; Or, The Athletes of Riverport School
9
Even though he had known her only as the scandalous Miss Hebden.
The viscount and the virgin
10
I have heard scandalous reports concerning your house, Count Kaunitz; I have-
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
11
To quote the narrator, welcome to the scandalous lives of Manhattan's elite.
News.com.au
12
I cannot open the scandalous chronicle of Nice, without hazard of contamination.
Travels through France and Italy
13
These scandalous fallouts have sped up a pivot that was already underway.
Wired
14
And you it is who have brought upon me such scandalous insults.
Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 3
15
It is scandalous, and it would make talk, but it is nothing.
A Millionaire of Yesterday
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This is very scandalous to the brethren, and very reproachful unto themselves.
The Divine Right of Church Government / Wherein it is proved tha...
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United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common