Definizione monolingua

scandalous

scandalous (comparative more scandalous, superlative most scandalous)

1. wrong, immoral, causing a scandal
   • 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

     The thing made a big stir in the town, too, and a good many come out flatfooted and said it was scandalous to separate the mother and the children that way.

2. malicious, defamatory
   • 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie

     These be the scandalous reports of such / As loves not me, and hate my lord too much.

   • 1887, Marie Corelli, Thelma

     I always disregard gossip--it is generally scandalous, and seldom true.

Definizione dizionario scandalous

diffamatorio

scandaloso

Altri significati:

wrong, immoral, causing a scandal

Extraordinary in some bad way.

malicious, defamatory