scandalousness

  • 21outrageousness — aÊŠt reɪdÊ’É™snɪs n. scandalousness; indecency; quality of being outrageous …

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  • 22scandal — noun an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage. ↘outrage, rumour, or gossip arising from this. Derivatives scandalous adjective scandalously adverb scandalousness noun Origin ME (in the sense… …

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  • 23infamy — n. 1. Dishonor, disgrace, discredit, disrepute, shame, ignominy, obloquy, opprobrium, odium, scandal, abasement. 2. Disgracefulness, dishonorableness, shamefulness, odiousness, detestableness, scandalousness, wickedness, atrocity, villany …

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  • 24scandalous — UK [ˈskænd(ə)ləs] / US adjective 1) something that is scandalous shocks you and makes you feel very angry because it seems unfair or wrong a scandalous waste of money it is scandalous that: It s scandalous that people have to wait so long for… …

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  • 25scandalous — [skan′də ləs] adj. [Fr scandaleux < ML scandalosus] 1. causing scandal; offensive to a sense of decency or shocking to the moral feelings of the community; shameful 2. consisting of or spreading slander; libelous; defamatory scandalously adv.… …

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  • 26disgracefulness — noun unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor • Syn: ↑shamefulness, ↑ignominiousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ignominious (for: ↑ignominiousness), ↑disgraceful, ↑shameful …

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  • 27ignominiousness — noun unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor • Syn: ↑shamefulness, ↑disgracefulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ignominious, ↑disgraceful (for: ↑disgracefulness), ↑shameful …

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  • 28scandal — n. 1 a a thing or a person causing general public outrage or indignation. b the outrage etc. so caused, esp. as a subject of common talk. c malicious gossip or backbiting. 2 Law a public affront, esp. an irrelevant abusive statement in court.… …

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  • 29scandalous — adjective 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 • Syn: ↑disgraceful, ↑shameful, ↑shocking …

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  • 30shamefulness — noun unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor • Syn: ↑disgracefulness, ↑ignominiousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ignominious (for: ↑ignominiousness), ↑disgraceful ( …

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