scandalous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
    shocking; shameful; disgraceful.
    • scandalous behavior
    • the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray
    • the most shocking book of its time

WordNet

Scan"dal*ous adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. scandaleux.
Definitions
  1. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
    Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any. Hooker.
  2. Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.
  3. Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.

Webster 1913