SCANDALOUS

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation. Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any. Hooker.

2.
a.

Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.

3.
a.

Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.