scandalous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scandalous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for scandalous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scandalous adj 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" Synonym(s): disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scandalous \Scan"dalous\, a. [Cf. F. scandaleux.] 1. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation. Nothing scandalous* or offensive unto any. --Hooker. 2. Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice. 3. Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.