"scandalous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈskændələs/ [US] Forms: scandalous [positive], more scandalous [comparative], most scandalous [superlative]
Etymology: scandal + -ous Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|scandal|ous}} scandal + -ous Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is scandalous, then it causes a scandal.
    Sense id: simple-scandalous-en-adj-DlGqcEjA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ous
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