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scandalous

[skan-dl-uhs]

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adjective

disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.

defamatory or libelous, as a speech or writing.

attracted to or preoccupied with scandal, as a person: a scandalous, vicious gossip.

Origin:
1585–95; < Medieval Latin scandalōsus. See scandal, -ous

Related forms

scan·dal·ous·ly, adverb

scan·dal·ous·ness, noun

non·scan·dal·ous, adjective

non·scan·dal·ous·ly, adverb

su·per·scan·dal·ous, adjective

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su·per·scan·dal·ous·ly, adverb

un·scan·dal·ous, adjective

un·scan·dal·ous·ly, adverb

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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The current maldistribution of wealth is also scandalous.

Given its scandalous flavor, it is not surprising that there has been a flurry of recent media attention on ghostwriting.

Jobs were alleged to have been handed out as political favours: scandalous stuff.

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The current maldistribution of wealth is also scandalous.

Given its scandalous flavor, it is not surprising that there has been a flurry of recent media attention on ghostwriting.

Jobs were alleged to have been handed out as political favours: scandalous stuff.

Margery wore a flimsy nightgown with nothing underneath, scandalous enough for those times.

Maybe we'll stand on the sidewalk outside your office and say something scandalous.

When you get right down to it, the scandal isn't all that scandalous.

Causey reported to prison to begin serving five and a half years for his role in the company's scandalous collapse.

What bothers me is the almost breathless tone of the piece, implying that there is something scandalous about the.

And since his departure, a relentless flow of scandalous revelations has further soiled his reputation.

There was no other way to explain that scandalous lack of professionalism and accountability.

What is scandalous is not recruiting from populations that desperately need education.

He is a scandalous leader with low approval ratings and it is time for a change.

Party fund-raising is a scandalous source of corruption.

Anything else is shameful, scandalous and indirectly asking for trouble.

Rather, it shows a scandalous disregard for public health and public health laws.

It was the prelude to scandalous waste and corruption.

The ensuing family dispute, fueled by the scandalous affair, created bitterness for generations.

Morton, after scandalous charges had been made in connection with the selection of the weapon.

Hardly a week goes by without news of some strange or scandalous finding:.

When it came to wide public consciousness, it was reputed to be a scandalous book about a scandalous subject:.

There is nothing scandalous or morally wrong with doing so, so long as you are not slacking off on either job.

It was the prelude to a scandalous case of waste and corruption.

As it turns out, the only scandalous aspects of it were his already-known drink and drug addictions.

If taken as an isolated incident this may not be scandalous enough to require termination.

Back then the notion of women's rights was considered scandalous and her lover will not stand for such nonsense in his office.

It is needless to say that the scandalous outrage is almost universaly condemned.

Quite true, this is by and large a society that got a scandalous amount of wealth without having to really earn.

Those expecting sensational disclosures or gossip about scandalous personal behavior will be disappointed.

Then there is the scandalous matter of the boys' midnight descent on the neighboring girls' camp.

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World English Dictionary

scandal (ˈskænd^əl)

—n
1.	a disgraceful action or event: his negligence was a scandal
2.	censure or outrage arising from an action or event
3.	a person whose conduct causes reproach or disgrace
4.	malicious talk, esp gossip about the private lives of other people
5.	law a libellous action or statement

—vb
6.	to disgrace
7.	to scandalize

[C16: from Late Latin scandalum stumbling block, from Greek skandalon a trap]

'scandalous

—*adj*

'scandalously

—*adv*

'scandalousness

—n

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