scandalous

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; ; - Thackeray
- "scandalous behavior"

Adj

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

Origin / Etymology

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).

Synonyms

abject, base, beggarly, blameworthy, carrion, cheap, contemptible, cringing, dedecorous, degraded, deridable, derisible, despicable, despisable, dirty, discreditable, disdainable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, execrable, groveling, ignoble, ignominious, inglorious, lame, laughable, loathsome, low, ludicrous, mean, mean-spirited, miserable, obscene, outrageous, paltry, pitiable, pitiful, plebeian, putrid, reprehensible, reptile, reptilian, reptitious, ridiculous, risible, roynish, scald, scornworthy, scummy, scurvy, shabby, shameful, shocking, slavish, sleazy, slimy, sordid, sorry, trashy, ugly, uncommendable, uncool, unmentionable, unsophisticated, unwashed, unworthy, vile, vulgar, weak, worthless, wretched

Antonyms

nonscandalous, unscandalous

Scrabble Score: 13

scandalous is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
scandalous is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scandalous is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

scandalous is a valid Words With Friends word