1. (a.) Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.

2. (a.) Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.

3. (a.) Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.

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