scandalous

Meaning

1. Of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful.
2. Of a person: delighted by scandal.
3. Of speech or writing: defamatory, malicious.
4. (figuratively) Exceeding reasonable limits; outrageous.
5. (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.
6. Of information, a statement, etc.: not pertinent to a matter; irrelevant, and bringing the court into disrepute.
7. (obsolete) Causing offence or trouble.
8. (obsolete) Of a disease or symptom: putrid, rotting.

Opposite of

nonscandalous, unscandalous

Synonyms

outrageous

shameful

disgraceful

shocking

flagrant

disgusting

slanderous

rumoured

notorious

defamatory

wretched

infamous

ridiculous

quarrelsome

execrable

glaring

ignoble

ill-omened

inauspicious

inexcusable

irrelevant

libellous

libelous

loathsome

malefic

nefarious

ominous

preposterous

reprehensible

revolting

rowdy

shameless

spiteful

unmentionable

unpleasant

unscrupulous

vile

ill-speaking

maliceful

absurd

malevolous

backbiting

backstairs

base

blamable

blameworthy

blasphemous

censurable

clamorous

contemptible

Translations

skandalös

scandaleux

escandaloso

scandaloso

σκανδαλώδης

kepazelik

schandalig

diffamatorio

schändlich

مخزي

escandaloso

bitter

beschämend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskændələs/

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).