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scandalous
CEFRB2
/ˈskændələs/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Causing public shock or strong disapproval.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailOf a person: delighted by scandal.
Examples
Dan mailed Linda's scandalous pictures to a local TV station.
Did you read this journalist's scandalous article?
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ˈskændl̩əs/
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsOf speech or writing: defamatory, malicious.
Of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful.
Exceeding reasonable limits; outrageous.
More examples
In contextIt's a scandalous idea!
[S]omthing ſauors / Of Tyrannie, and vvill ignoble make you, / Yea, ſcandalous to the VVorld.
Theſe be the ſcandalous reportes of ſuch, / As loues not mee, and hate my Lord too much.
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Origin
adjective
From Late Middle English scandalouse (“disgraceful, shameful”), borrowed from Old French scandaleux (“scandalous”) (modern French scandaleux), from Medieval Latin scandalōsus, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“scandal”) + Latin -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; prone to’ forming adjectives). Scandalum is derived from Ancient Greek σκᾰ́νδᾰλον (skắndălon, “offence, scandal; snare, trap”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Pre-Greek or Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump”) (referring to a device for climbing or jumping on, such as might be used by someone setting a trap). By surface analysis, scandal + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting presence of a quality in a...