slovo | definícia |
scandalous (encz) | scandalous,ostudný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
scandalous (encz) | scandalous,skandální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Scandalous (gcide) | Scandalous \Scan"dal*ous\, a. [Cf. F. scandaleux.]
1. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings;
exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
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Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any. --Hooker.
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2. Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy;
opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.
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3. Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.
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scandalous (wn) | scandalous
adj 1: 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,
scandalous, shameful, shocking] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
scandalous (encz) | scandalous,ostudný adj: Zdeněk Brožscandalous,skandální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
scandalously (encz) | scandalously,skandálně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
scandalousness (encz) | scandalousness,hanebnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Scandalously (gcide) | Scandalously \Scan"dal*ous*ly\, adv.
1. In a manner to give offense; shamefully.
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His discourse at table was scandalously unbecoming
the dignity of his station. --Swift.
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2. With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong.
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Shun their fault, who, scandalously nice,
Will needs mistake an author into vice. --Pope.
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Scandalousness (gcide) | Scandalousness \Scan"dal*ous*ness\, n.
Quality of being scandalous.
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scandalous (wn) | scandalous
adj 1: 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,
scandalous, shameful, shocking] |
scandalously (wn) | scandalously
adv 1: in a scandalous manner; "you behaved scandalously when
you walked out of that meeting!" |
scandalousness (wn) | scandalousness
n 1: disgracefulness that offends public morality |
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