"scandalous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈskændələs/ [US] Forms: more scandalous [comparative], most scandalous [superlative]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin scandalosus, via French scandaleuse; as if scandal + -ous. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{m|la|scandalosus}} scandalosus, {{der|en|fr|scandaleuse}} French scandaleuse Head templates: {{en-adj}} scandalous (comparative more scandalous, superlative most scandalous)
  1. Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal. Translations (wrong, immoral, causing a scandal — see also disgraceful, infamous): скандален (skandalen) (Bulgarian), позорен (pozoren) (Bulgarian), escandalós (Catalan), skandální (Czech), skandaløs (Danish), schandalig (Dutch), skandala (Esperanto), skandaalinkäryinen (Finnish), scandaleux (French), skandalös (German), flāgitiōsus (Latin), propudiosus (Latin), propudianus (Latin), schentlich (Plautdietsch), skandaliczny (Polish), awanturniczy (Polish), scandalos [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), сканда́льный (skandálʹnyj) (Russian), escandaloso (Spanish), skandalös (Swedish), сканда́льний (skandálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-scandalous-en-adj-2cXJCD6t Disambiguation of 'wrong, immoral, causing a scandal — see also disgraceful, infamous': 81 13 5
  2. Malicious, defamatory. Translations (malicious, defamatory): злословен (zlosloven) (Bulgarian), клеветнически (klevetničeski) (Bulgarian), skandaløs (Danish), sensaatiohakuinen (Finnish), scandaleux (French), skandalös (German), сканда́льный (skandálʹnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scandalous-en-adj-M6Q3R5LV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 60 4 Disambiguation of 'malicious, defamatory': 5 95 0
  3. Outrageous; exceeding reasonable limits.
    Sense id: en-scandalous-en-adj-ehgpYbDa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scandalously, scandalousness

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