Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: scandalous
IPA transcription: [sk'ændələs]
Pronunciations of scandalous
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • Beyond these the scandalous secret was not to go.
  • Nice goings on! Mixed bathing--something scandalous.
  • They bless God when they hear good news, and grieve at bad news, losses by death, and, above all, scandalous losses of vocation.
  • I don't quite believe it all,--it would be too delicious; but a great many do." Madame Goesler, however, was strong in her opinion that the report in reference to Lady Laura was scandalous.
  • Day after day passed away without bringing any other tidings of him than the report which shortly prevailed in Meryton of his coming no more to Netherfield the whole winter; a report which highly incensed Mrs. Bennet, and which she never failed to contradict as a most scandalous falsehood.
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