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Scandalous Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Scandalous has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

"scandalous behavior"

"the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"

"the most shocking book of its time"

2

Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal

Example Sentences
"scandalous behavior" adjective
"the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt" adjective
"the most shocking book of its time" adjective
See Also
chronique scandaleuse outrageous political machine flagrant ortonesque defamatory immoral scandalously
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Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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