Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - scandalous
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Scandalous
scandalous
1. Scandalous behaviour or activity is considered immoral and shocking. He spoke of scandalous corruption and incompetence. ADJ: usu ADJ n • scandalously He asked only that Ingrid stop behaving so scandalously. ADV: ADV with v 2. Scandalous stories or remarks are concerned with the immoral and shocking aspects of someone’s behaviour or something that has happened. Newspaper columns were full of scandalous tales... ADJ: usu ADJ n 3. You can describe something as scandalous if it makes you very angry and you think the people responsible for it should be ashamed. It is absolutely scandalous that a fantastic building like this is just left to rot away. ...a scandalous waste of money. = disgraceful ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval
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1.
adjective Date: 1575 1. libelous, defamatory ~ allegations 2. offensive to propriety or morality ; shocking ~ behavior • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
1. позорный, постыдный, скандальный what a scandalous thing! —- какой позор! scandalous conditions in the city slums —- ужасающие условия жизни в городских трущобах 2. возмутительный, вызывающий возмущение scandalous conduct —- возмутительное поведение scandalous crime —- вопиющее преступление 3. любящий посплетничать scandalous tongues —- злые языки 4. клеветнический scandalous rumours —- клеветнические слухи 5. редк. не относящийся к делу, вопросу ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj completely unfair and wrong (a scandalous waste of public money | It's scandalous that you still haven't been paid!) - scandalously adv Scandinavian ~ n someone from the area of Northern Europe that consists of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and usually Finland and Iceland - Scandinavian adj (Scandinavian languages) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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