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Meanings of scandalous in inglês

Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.

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Extraordinary in some bad way.

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Examples for "outrageous"
Examples for "outrageous"
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Fine Gael TD Mr Michael Ring said: This is an outrageous situation.
The Irish Times
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Further, Mr Power made several outrageous statements in his attack on evolution.
The Irish Times
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However, her latest request has got to be her most outrageous yet.
News.com.au
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Those responsible for outrageous human rights violations must be held to account.
Ebony
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Even in those days, the level of Soviet corruption had been outrageous.
Exit wound
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Schneiderman said the most egregious of the products were those targeting children.
Reuters
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There was a blubber from the egregious old woman in the threshold.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel
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Quotes of the week The behaviour is just egregious and reprehensible .
The Irish Times
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The most egregious is the physical shortage of swabs and test tubes.
Reuters
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Alistair would no doubt obtain a retraction of the more egregious charges.
In the shadow of gotham
Usage of scandalous in inglês
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But I've heard a great deal, and not all of it scandalous.
Casket of Souls
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IT'S the scandalous book Donald Trump does not want you to read.
News.com.au
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We can imagine how doubly scandalous such a moment was for Arendt.
The Guardian
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The peasant in him, and the orthodox grammarian, preferred less scandalous subjects.
Caesar Dies
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A scandalous affair or a divorce, either would have damaged his chances.
Death of a Red Heroine
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Made in the 1910s, they are no less scandalous in today's Russia.
The Guardian
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It was absolutely scandalous, man; fucking outrageous to say things like that.
The Guardian
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And the way he hauled me over the coals was scandalous, too.
Fred Fenton on the Track; Or, The Athletes of Riverport School
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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
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To quote the narrator, welcome to the scandalous lives of Manhattan's elite.
News.com.au
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I cannot open the scandalous chronicle of Nice, without hazard of contamination.
Travels through France and Italy
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These scandalous fallouts have sped up a pivot that was already underway.
Wired
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And you it is who have brought upon me such scandalous insults.
Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 3
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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
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