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scandalous

[ skan-dl-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

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From the Medieval Latin word scandalōsus, dating back to 1585–95. See scandal, -ous

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Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.

So why did the God of the Hebrew people choose such a scandalous setting for becoming human?

It is wild that something that would seem to be so scandalous would just disappear from the press.

She was a celebrated bohemian, considered a scandalous woman.

Michaud did not come out of the closet in order to avoid some scandalous revelation.

I remember, however, the contempt and disgust which awoke in me at the sight of this scandalous chaperoning.

If another person attempts to open a conversation upon scandalous matters, check her.

As to the "opportunities," Chloe coolly confessed to herself that she had made rather a scandalous use of them.

De Gery had made a long detailed memorandum of these scandalous abuses, with proofs in support of it.

They have gone to the adulterous rendezvous celebrated in the scandalous verses of Lorenzo the Magnificent.

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