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Synonyms for scandalous
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  1. disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shockingadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    lurid, opprobrious, inglorious, shameful, shocking, disgraceful, black, ignominious

    Antonyms:
    moral

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  1. scandalousadjective

    Synonyms:
    opprobrious, defamatory, libellous, slanderous

  2. scandalousadjective

    Synonyms:
    disgraceful, shameful, infamous, disreputable, ignominious, atrocious, odious, inglorious

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  1. scandalousadjective

    Synonyms:
    defamatory, libellous, slanderous, infamous, disgraceful, opprobrious, shameful, disreputable

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "scandalous":

    outrageous, disgraceful, scandal, shameful, shocking, appalling, disgrace

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How to use scandalous in a sentence?

  1. Marguerite Duras:

    When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It's a slur on the divine in our nature.

  2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

    I condemn the statements, the scandalous statements, made by the foreign minister of Sweden, it seems she expects Israel's citizens to bare their throats to those trying to stab them. This will not happen, and we will continue to protect the lives of Israel's citizens.

  3. Adam Schiff:

    He deserves better than that scandalous attack.

  4. John Cavadini:

    But it is within the pope’s competence and authority to call attention to our moral responsibilities and duties in the face of the best scientific theory out there, especially when the consequences of not doing so are serious or even drastic, and where silence could be interpreted as scandalous.

  5. Supreme Court:

    In this electronic/Internet age, to the extent that the government seeks to protect the general population from scandalous material, with all due respect, it has completely failed.


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