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scandalous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disgraceful, shameful, shocking |
| Derivation | scandal, scandalousness |
scandalous behavior.
Examples of scandalous
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As a father, his daughter's scandalous affairs pricked his conscience and pride.
From the kansas.com
Deeply scandalous and a low point for Tim Horan who I admired as a rugby player.
From the guardian.co.uk
Just like a couple of years back Radek's sudden and scandalous U-turn on Kosovo.
From the economist.com
The scandalous oil spill prompted a brooming of the Minerals Management Service.
From the bostonherald.com
As their power vis-a-vis the media is greater, the more they will be scandalous.
From the forbes.com
There is, however, a reason why their behaviour is not remembered as scandalous.
From the guardian.co.uk
Their prices are scandalous and I do not honestly know how they are in business.
From the guardian.co.uk
Charles Baudelaire is more scandalous today than he was more than 150 years ago.
From the latimes.com
Germany's federal government is now abusing that basic rule in a scandalous way.
From the time.com
- Disgraceful: 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"
- (scandalously) in a scandalous manner; "you behaved scandalously when you walked out of that meeting!"
- (scandalousness) disgracefulness that offends public morality
- "Scandalous!" is a smooth, romantic ballad by Prince, released as a single from his 1989 album, the soundtrack to Batman. The song continues a long tradition of Prince's sexually charged ballads, with gasped, passionate vocals on lyrics such as "I can't wait till I can wrap my legs all around U. ...
- Scandalous is the fourth album by British soul/dance group Imagination, produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain and released in 1983.
- "Scandalous" was the first single from Mis-Teeq's second album, Eye Candy. Released in 2003, the song became a major hit in the UK, Australia and many European countries. ...
- Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal; malicious, defamatory
- With Sir John Gielgud and Pamela Stephenson
