- 1shocking and unacceptable synonym disgraceful a scandalous waste of money The decision is nothing short of scandalous. it is scandalous that… It is scandalous that he has not been punished.
- 2[only before noun] containing talk about the shocking or immoral things that people have done or are thought to have done scandalous stories
adverb scandalously low paySee scandalous in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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