01 a. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
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Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.“Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any.” — Hooker.
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Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.
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Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.