scandalous

Speech parts

1. scandalous - Adjective

2. scandalous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

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

Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.

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scandalous behavior Source: Internet

the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt Source: Internet

the most shocking book of its time Source: Internet

According to Norman, even Elvis Presley at his most scandalous had not exerted a "power so wholly and disturbingly physical": "Presley", he wrote in 1984, "while he made girls scream, did not have Jagger's ability to make men feel uncomfortable." Source: Internet

After the affair between David Longfield and Katrine became known, David Longfield's father (Beatty's grandfather), David Vandeleur Beatty (1815–1881), arranged for his son to be posted to India in the hope that the scandalous relationship might end. Source: Internet

A scandalous success at its premiere, Strauss's "decadent" opera set to Oscar Wilde 's play is still immensely popular with today's audiences. Source: Internet

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