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# scandalous

adjective (more scandalous, most scandalous)

«scandalous» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Shocking and disgraceful, so that people think it is wrong or should not be allowed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scandalous/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories and in old writing a place or act is called scandalous when it is shamefully bad

### Examples

- "What a scandalous condition this place is in," said he. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scandalous/#x1)
- Degrees were given with scandalous readiness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scandalous/#x2)
- It is scandalous that the bus is always late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scandalous/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in stories and in old writing a place or act is called scandalous when it is shamefully bad

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scandalous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scandalous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scandalous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scandalous.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «scandalous» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scandalous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scandalous» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/scandalous.html) on Mova free.