Synonyms for scandalous
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Shameful — of a thing, causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely…
shameful, disgraceful, shocking, disreputable, outrageous, sordid, dishonorable US, dishonourable UK, reprehensible, ignominious, immoral, defamatory, despicable, vile, slanderous, infamous, deplorable, damnable, filthy, odious, contemptible, unmentionable, loathsome
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful.
Related words
- Word family
- scandalosity scandalousness scandal scandalize
Example sentences
- shocking An opinion is shocking only if it is a conviction.
- shameful The love that I suffer from is a shameful disease.
- disgraceful They abandoned us in the most disgraceful manner.
- disreputable Used car salesmen are a disreputable bunch.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| scandalous | rising | |
| shocking | rising | |
| shameful | rising | |
| disgraceful | steady | |
| disreputable | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- vile1
- 6 letters
- filthy2, sordid2, odious3
- 7 letters
- immoral3
- 8 letters
- shocking2, infamous3, shameful2, damnable
- 9 letters
- loathsome2
- 10 letters
- outrageous3, despicable4, deplorable4, defamatory5, slanderous3
- 11 letters
- disgraceful3, ignominious5
- 12 letters
- dishonorable5, disreputable5, contemptible4
- 13 letters
- reprehensible5, dishonourable, unmentionable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (filthy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- scandaleux
- Italiano
- scandaloso
- Español
- escandaloso
- Català
- escandalós