Origin: Latin
suffix -ous
Flagitious has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
extremely wicked, deeply criminal
"a flagitious crime"
"heinous accusations"
2
shockingly brutal or cruel
"murder is an atrocious crime"
"a grievous offense against morality"
"a grievous crime"
"no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
3
Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
Example Sentences
"a flagitious crime"
adjective
"heinous accusations"
adjective
"murder is an atrocious crime"
adjective
"a grievous offense against morality"
adjective
"a grievous crime"
adjective
"no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
adjective