scandalous

Etymology

From Medieval Latin scandalosus, via French scandaleuse; as if scandal + -ous.

adj

  1. Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal.
  2. Malicious, defamatory.
    1887, Marie Corelli, Thelma I always disregard gossip--it is generally scandalous, and seldom true.
    The closest Believe gets to scandalous is on the deluxe-edition bonus track “Maria,” a response song to the woman who accused Bieber of fathering her child in 2011. 26 June 2012, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2020-08-06
  3. Outrageous; exceeding reasonable limits.
    'Made one quite thankful to get back to the fug, though as a rule I think the way these trains are overheated is something scandalous.' 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 131

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