adjective · rare

scandalous

scand·al·ous

scandalous · more scandalous · most scandalous

скандальний

скандальный

skandalös

Of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandalOf a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful.

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/ˈskændələs/

» It was scandalous affair.

Meaning

8 senses

Of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful.
skandalös
сканда́льныйskandálʹnyj
сканда́льнийskandálʹnyj
Of a person: delighted by scandal.
Of speech or writing: defamatory, malicious.
skandalös
сканда́льныйskandálʹnyj
(figuratively)Exceeding reasonable limits; outrageous.
Of information, a statement, etc.: not pertinent to a matter; irrelevant, and bringing the court into disrepute.
(archaic, obsolete)Of a person: guilty of extremely disgraceful conduct or some misconduct; infamous; also, unfit for their office or position due to misconduct, etc.
(obsolete)Causing offence or trouble.
(obsolete)Of a disease or symptom: putrid, rotting.

More definitions

giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

Examples

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It was scandalous affair.
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Sami was hiding a scandalous past.
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What that man did was scandalous.
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Did you read this journalist's scandalous article?
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What that man has done is scandalous.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal — see also despicable, disgraceful, shameful:

Русский

By meaning 1

of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal — see also despicable, disgraceful, shameful:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal — see also despicable, disgraceful, shameful:

Origin

From Late Middle English scandalouse (“disgraceful, shameful”), borrowed from Old French s

From Late Middle English scandalouse (“disgraceful, shameful”), borrowed from Old French scandaleux (“scandalous”) (modern French scandaleux), from Medieval Latin scandalōsus, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“scandal”) + Latin -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; prone to’ forming adjectives). Scandalum is derived from Ancient Greek σκᾰ́νδᾰλον (skắndălon, “offence, scandal; snare, trap”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Pre-Greek or Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump”) (referring to a device for climbing or jumping on, such as might be used by someone setting a trap). By surface analysis, scandal + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting presence of a quality in any degree (typically an abundance), or a relation to the nouns).

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