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Definition: Scandalous |
ScandalousAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scandalous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Scandalous \Scan"dal*ous\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression scandaleux.]. (references) |
Synonyms: ScandalousSynonyms: disgraceful (adj), shameful (adj), shocking (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disrepute | Shameful; disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable; despicable; questionable; unbecoming, unworthy; derogatory; degrading, humiliating, infra dignitatem, dedecorous; scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable; ribald, opprobrious; errant, shocking, outrageous, notorious. |
Vice | Base, sinister, scurvy, foul, gross, vile, black, grave, facinorous, felonious, nefarious, shameful, scandalous, infamous, villainous, of a deep dye, heinous; flagrant, flagitious; atrocious, incarnate, accursed. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Scandalous |
| English words defined with "scandalous": appal, appall ♦ Furciferous ♦ offend, outrage ♦ scandalise, scandalize, scandalously, shock. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scandalous": Beggar, Buzzard ♦ Century White ♦ Devil's Daughter's Portion ♦ Letter-carrier ♦ Manslaughter ♦ Rose Sunday ♦ Undress ♦ Wedlock. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, that's not so scandalous, Woody (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang) Now, on the matter of motive, we ask you: Why did you conceive, plan and execute this dastardly and scandalous crime (The First Great Train Robbery; writing credit: Michael Crichton) | |
Lyrics | Ooh dat dress so scandalous (Thong Song; performing artist: SISQO) That dress so scandalous (Thong Song; performing artist: SISQO) That girl so scandalous (Thong Song; performing artist: SISQO) Feel the rush, scandalous (Warning; performing artist: The Notorious B.I.G.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Scandalous John (1971) Slightly Scandalous (1946) Scandalous Tongues (1922) Sammy's Scandalous Schemes (1915) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Nigeria | There is a public policy restraint on the use of trademarks, names or labels that are scandalous or not entitled to protection in a court of justice or marks, which are contrary to law and morality. (references) |
Human Rights | Guatemala | When the court system analyzed arrest warrants for juveniles it found such reasons as having tattoos or scandalous behavior in public. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | I have always said that economics education in this country is so inept, it's scandalous. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Scandalous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.99% of the time. "Scandalous" is used about 198 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.99% | 196 | 21,868 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.01% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 198 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "scandalous": it is scandalous ♦ scandalous deed ♦ scandalous talk. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "scandalous": scandalous-sounding. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "scandalous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | skandaloz (egregious, flagrant), i turpshëm (bashful, censurable, coy, disgraceful, dishonorable, dishonourable, foul, humiliating, ignominious, ill at ease, indecent, infamous, inglorious, lewd, obscene, opprobrious, reserved, self conscious, shamefaced, shameful, sheepish, shy, timid, unhallowed, vile, villainous). (various references) | |
Arabic | فاضح (disgraceful, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, infamous, outrageous, shameful), مفتري (calumniator, slanderer), مخز (debasing, degrading, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, dishonourable, humiliating, ignominious, infamous, outrageous, shameful, shameless), إفترائي (defamatory, libeller, slanderous). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | срамен (infamous, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful, vile), скандален (flagrant, glaring, infamous, monstrous, outrageous, shameful, shocking), клюкарски, клеветнически (calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, injurious, libellous, slanderous, wrongful), възмутителен (disgusting, outrageous, revolting, shameful, shocking, ungodly), позорен (disgraceful, flagitious, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, opprobrious, reproachful, shameful). (various references) | |
Czech | skandální (disgraceful, outrageous, shocking), pobuřující (exasperating, inflammatory, outrageous). (various references) | |
Farsi | افتضاح امیز, رسواءی اور (Infamous). (various references) | |
Finnish | pahennusta herättävä (offensive, shocking). (various references) | |
French | scandaleux. (various references) | |
German | skandalös (disgraceful, scandalously). (various references) | |
Greek | σκανδαλώδησ (flagrant). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מביש (degrading, disgraceful, flagrant, ignominius, inglorious, shameful), שערורי (flagrant). (various references) | |
Hungarian | felháborító (disgusting, flagrant, outrageous, revolting, shocking), botrányos (crying shame, flagrant, outrageous, shocking). (various references) | |
Italian | scandaloso (aggravating, shocking). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 苦苦しい (disgusting, loathsome, shameful, unpleasant), 苦々しい (disgusting, loathsome, shameful, unpleasant), スキー"" (scan, Scan Talk, scandal, scanner, scanning, scanties, scat, schizo, ski outfit, skid row, skim milk, skinny, skip, skipper, skit), 不祥 (disgraceful, ill-omened, inauspicious, ominous). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふしょう (disagreement, disapproval, disgraceful, dissent, ill-omened, inauspicious, incompetent, injury, my humble self, my unworthy self, objection, ominous, refusal, unidentified, unknown, wound, your humble servant), にがにがしい (disgusting, loathsome, shameful, unpleasant), スキャンダラス . (various references) | |
Manx | scammyltagh (disreputable, ignominious, infamous, reproachful, shocking). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andalousscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vergonhoso (discreditable, disgraceful, disreputable, fie-fie, ignominious, ill-spoken, infamous, inglorious, opprobrious, reproachful, scandal, shameful, shy), infame (dastard, disgraceful, ignominious, infamous, scandal, shameful, villainous), escandaloso (egregious, flagrant, fruity, outrageous, scandal, shameful, shocking), difamatório (calumniuos, defamatory, libellous, slanderous), calunioso (calumniuos, libellous, slanderous). (various references) | |
Romanian | strigãtor (blatant, crying, flashy), scandalos (disgraceful, gamy, infamous, mouthy, opprobrious, shameful, shocking, unworthy), ruşinos (bashful, discreditable, disgraceful, disgracefully, ignoble, infamous, infamously, inglorious, maidenlike, milky, nefarious, opprobrious, outrageous, shameful, sheepish, shy, sky), defãimãtor (calumniatory, defamatory, defamer, detractive, disparaging, libeller, libellous, slanderer, slanderous), clevetitor (backbiter, calumniator, calumnious, defamatory, defamer, slanderer, slanderous, traducer). (various references) | |
Russian | скандальный (flagrant). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sramotan (disgraceful, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, obscene, opprobrious, shameful), skandalozan (shocking), sablažnjiv. (various references) | |
Spanish | escandaloso (aggravating, disgraceful, disorderly, egregious, flagrant, hearty, licentious, loud, monstrous, noisy, notorious, outrageous, shocking, sinful, uncontrollable, undisciplined, uproarious). (various references) | |
Swedish | skandalös (disgraceful, exorbitant, outrageous, shocking). (various references) | |
Turkish | rezil (abject, contemptible, crud, dirty, dishonorable, dishonourable, disreputable, flagitious, flagrant, groveling, grovelling, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, low down, outrageous, raffish, rascal, scandal, scoundrel, shameful, sinner, stinking, sweep, vile, villainous), kepaze (infamous, shameful, vile), iftiralı (libellous, slanderous), dedikoducu (babbler, back biter, backbiter, gossipmonger, gossipper, gossipy, newsmonger, peddler, pedlar, retailer of news, scandalmonger, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, telltale, tittle tattle). (various references) | |
Turkmen | nadara, haяяar (clamorous). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скандальний (shameful, shocking), ганебний (detractive, disgraceful, dishonest, disreputable, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, obloquious, opprobrious, reproachful, shameful, stigmatic), обурливий (crying, disgraceful, exasperating, flagrant, outrageous, rampageous, ridiculous), наклепницький (calumniatory, calumniuos, defamatory, gossipy, libellous, slanderous). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xúc phạm đến công chúng, thoá mạ (invective), nhục nhã hay gièm pha, gây phẫn nộ trong công chúng; xấu xa. (various references) | |
Welsh | tramgwyddus (offensive). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | flagitiosissime. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scandalous": scandalously, scandalousness, scandalousnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Scandalous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scandalis, scandaloso, scandalum, Scandello, scandelous, scandlous, scandulous. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "scandalous" (pronounced ska"ndulus) |
| 4 | -u l u s | acropolis, anomalous, calculus, Carolus, fabulous, frivolous, garrulous, incredulous, libelous, marvelous, megalopolis, merciless, meticulous, metropolis, miraculous, nautilus, nebulous, necropolis, Oxalis, pendulous, perilous, populace, populous, querulous, ridiculous, scrupulous, scurrilous, stimulus, syphilis, tantalus, tremulous, unscrupulous. |
| 3 | -l u s | accomplice, ageless, aimless, airless, Amaryllis, atlas, bacillus, backless, balas, baseless, blameless, bloodless, bolus, boneless, bottomless, boundless, brainless, breathless, callous, callus, careless, cashless, ceaseless, childless, classless, cloudless, clueless, Colas, colorless, cordless, countless, cutlass, defenseless, digitalis, directionless, doubtless, driverless, ductless, earless, effortless, endless, expressionless, eyeless, faceless, fatherless, fearless, featherless, featureless, feckless, fellas, fenceless, flawless, flightless, frictionless, fruitless, Gallus, gladiolus, godless, graceless, groundless, guileless, guiltless, hairless, hapless, harmless, headless, heartless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, hornless, humorless, irregardless, issueless, jealous, jobless, keyless, lactobacillus, landless, lawless, leaderless, leafless, legless, lifeless, limbless, limitless, listless, loveless, luckless, malice, meaningless, meatless, mindless, motherless, motionless, nameless, necklace, needless, odorless, overzealous, painless, palace, paperless, peerless, penniless, pilotless, pitiless, pointless, polis, powerless, priceless, prothallus, purposeless, reckless, regardless, relentless, remorseless, restless, riskless, rootless, rudderless, ruthless, scoreless, seamless, selfless, senseless, sexless, shameless, shapeless, shiftless, skinless, sleepless, sleeveless, smokeless, solace, soulless, speechless, spineless, spotless, stainless, stateless, stylus, surplus, tasteless, thankless, thoughtless, ticketless, tieless, timeless, tireless, toothless, topless, treeless, trellis, useless, valueless, victimless, voiceless, warrantless, weightless, windlass, windowless, wireless, witless, wordless, worthless, zealous, zipless. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-l-n-o-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: scalados, scandals, sunscald. | |
-3 letters: calando, canolas, canulas, casuals, causals, consuls, lacunas, landaus, sandals, scalado, scandal, solands, soldans, soudans, suldans, unloads. | |
-4 letters: alands, anodal, canals, canola, cansos, canula, casual, caudal, caulds, causal, clonus, clouds, coalas, consul, dossal, lacuna, landau, lauans, nasals, oscula, salads, salons, sandal, saunas, scalds, scolds, soland, solans, soldan, soudan, sounds, suldan. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-l-n-o-s-s-u" | |
+2 letters: scandalously. | |
+4 letters: scandalousness. | |
+5 letters: educationalists. | |
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