scandalous
Meaning of scandalous
- causing general public outrage by a perceived offence against morality or law.
a series of scandalous liaisons
a scandalous allegation
Information about scandalous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of scandalous
scan-dalous
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- scandalous is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
scandalous synonyms
Meaning disgraceful:
disgraceful, shameful, shocking
Meaning tending to bring harm to a reputation:
Meaning not considered to be respectable in character or appearance:
Meaning lacking in modesty or decency:
Meaning (of behaviour or actions) not proper or appropriate:
Meaning involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt:
Meaning making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation:
Meaning characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm:
Meaning (of a spoken statement) false and malicious:
Meaning containing or constituting a libel:
Meaning (of remarks, writing, etc.) damaging the good reputation of someone; slanderous or libellous:
Meaning (of a statement) false and defamatory; slanderous:
scandalous antonyms
Meaning conforming to accepted notions of propriety or good taste; decorous:
Meaning denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine:
Translation of scandalous
- Spanish: terrible, infame, escandaloso
- German: abscheulich, unerhört, ungeheuerlich, schändlich, skandalös, schmählich
- French: outrageux, scandaleux, infame
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