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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Scandalous

/skăn'-dəl-əs/ · Scan·dal·ous · IPA /ˈskændələs/
01 a. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
  1. 1.
    Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
    “Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any.” Hooker.
  2. 2.
    Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.
  3. 3.
    Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.