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Meanings of scandalous in English

Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.

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Extraordinary in some bad way.

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Examples for "shocking"
Examples for "shocking"
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She bought a shocking number of items during their travels around Europe.
The new yorker
2
This is the shocking reality for those who have survived thus far.
The Irish Times
3
Though it sounds shocking, the situation with Ring is far from unique.
Wired
4
Other shocking findings: Schoolchildren have easy access to alcohol within school hours.
The South African
5
A young actress has come forward with the most shocking accusation yet.
News.com.au
1
Ireland has a long and shameful record in terms of social injustice.
The Irish Times
2
Failing to confess something sufficiently shameful would result in them being punished.
News.com.au
3
Their remains were left in a shameful shallow grave, their house desecrated.
Prince Lestat
4
It's shameful, but it happens every day and it needs to stop.
Reuters
5
Equality Act 2010 means no hiding place for shameful discrimination against women.
Reuters
1
A year ago, she wouldn't have behaved in such a disgraceful way.
Into the Water
2
However her treatment of people with autism is nothing short of disgraceful.
The Irish Times
3
We will pursue relentlessly those responsible for this disgraceful attack, he said.
The Irish Times
4
Robertson said: The scenes at the end of the game were disgraceful.
The Guardian
5
The Council of Trade Unions have said that the loss is disgraceful.
Radio NZ
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
16
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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Scandalous through the time
Scandalous across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common