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Scandalous! — Single par Prince extrait de l’album Batman Face B When 2 R In Love Sex Sortie 28 novembre 1989 Enregistrement octobre 1988 … Wikipédia en Français
Scandalous — Scan dal*ous, a. [Cf. F. scandaleux.] 1. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation. [1913 Webster] Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Disgraceful to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scandalous — Scandalous(scan·dal·ous):Scandalous is the name of multiple songs: * Scandalous (Mis Teeq song) * Scandalous (Prince song)See also: *Scandal … Wikipedia
scandalous — I adjective arrant, atrocious, base, black, condemnatory, corrupt, damnatory, dastardly, defamatory, denunciatory, deplorable, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, disrespectable, execrable, facinorous, flagitious,… … Law dictionary
scandalous — (adj.) 1590s, from Fr. scandaleux, from M.L. scandalosus, from Church L. scandalum (see SCANDAL (Cf. scandal)). Related: Scandalously … Etymology dictionary
scandalous — [adj] disreputable atrocious, backbiting, calumnious, crying, defamatory, desperate, detracting, detractive, disgraceful, gossiping, heinous, ignominious, infamous, libelous, maligning, monstrous, odious, opprobrious, outrageous, red hot*,… … New thesaurus
scandalous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) causing general public outrage by a perceived offence against morality or law. 2) (of a state of affairs) disgracefully bad. DERIVATIVES scandalously adverb … English terms dictionary
scandalous — [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.… … English World dictionary
scandalous — [[t]skæ̱ndələs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Scandalous behaviour or activity is considered immoral and shocking. They would be sacked for criminal or scandalous behaviour... He spoke of scandalous corruption and incompetence. Syn: shocking… … English dictionary
scandalous — adj. 1) scandalous to + inf. (it is scandalous to behave like that) 2) scandalous that + clause (it is scandalous that this road has so many potholes) * * * [ skænd(ə)ləs] scandalous that + clause (it is scandalous that this road has so many… … Combinatory dictionary
scandalous — scan|dal|ous [ skændləs ] 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 the medicine isn t… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
