Part of speech: Adjective
giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
Example: scandalous behavior; the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; the most shocking book of its time
Scandalous, Shameful, Inglorious, Black, Disgraceful
disgrace – A related word in the same word family.
ful – A related word in the same word family.
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