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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

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  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. The Pope:

    The brutality of this worldwide phenomenon becomes all the more grave and scandalous in the church, for it is utterly incompatible with( its) moral authority and ethical credibility, consecrated persons.

  2. President Bronislaw Komorowski:

    The breakdown of the system for counting votes is a scandalous occurrence, an embarrassment, It is the peak of insanity to demand that the president take actions that would lead to a repeat of the vote.

  3. Migrant Minister Yannis Mouzalas:

    It's scandalous... that five police chiefs can overturn a decision of European Union prime ministers on the matter.

  4. Greek Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas:

    Its scandalous... that five police chiefs can overturn a decision of European Union ministers on the matter.

  5. French President Francois Hollande:

    It's doubly regrettable, I was even going to say scandalous, place de la Republique, where all these flowers have been put, these candles ... in memory of those who fell under the bullets of the terrorists. (It is) also scandalous with regard to what is at stake at the climate conference, which is meant to let the world make decisions on the future of the planet.


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