Scandalous — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; ; - Thackeray

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/skˈændələs/

🇬🇧British English

/skˈandələs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/skˈandələs/

3 syllables Say it as /skˈændələs/.

Examples

scandalous behavior
the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt
the most shocking book of its time

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

shocking disgraceful shameful

Parts of Speech

adjective

giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; ; - Thackeray

“scandalous behavior”

Word Forms

scandal	noun	a disgraceful event
scandalousness	noun	disgracefulness that offends public morality
shamefulness	noun	unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

skandalös

moralisches Empfinden verletzen und dem Ruf schaden; ; - Thackeray

🇫🇷French

scandaleux

offenser les sensibilités morales et nuire à la réputation ; ; - Thackeray

🇪🇸Spanish

escandaloso

ofender la sensibilidad moral y perjudicar la reputación; ; - Thackeray

🇮🇹Italian

scandaloso

offendere la sensibilità morale e ledere la reputazione; ; - Thackeray

🇳🇱Dutch

schandalig

het beledigen van morele gevoeligheden en het schaden van de reputatie; ; - Thackeray

🇵🇹Portuguese

escandaloso

ofender as sensibilidades morais e prejudicar a reputação; ; - Thackeray

🇷🇺Russian

скандальный

оскорблять моральные чувства и наносить ущерб репутации; ; - Теккерей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

लज्जाजनक

नैतिक संवेदनाओं को ठेस पहुँचाना और प्रतिष्ठा को हानि पहुँचाना; ; -ठाकरे

🇧🇩Bengali

কলঙ্কজনক

নৈতিক সংবেদনশীলতা এবং সুনামের জন্য ক্ষতিকর অপরাধ প্রদান; ; - ঠাকর

🇮🇳Tamil

அவதூறான

தார்மீக உணர்வுகளை புண்படுத்துதல் மற்றும் நற்பெயருக்கு தீங்கு விளைவிக்கும்; ; - தாக்கரே

🇮🇳Telugu

అపవాదు

నైతిక సున్నితత్వాలకు అపరాధం ఇవ్వడం మరియు ప్రతిష్టకు హాని కలిగించడం; ; - థాకరే

🇮🇳Marathi

निंदनीय

नैतिक संवेदनांना अपमानित करणे आणि प्रतिष्ठेला हानी पोहोचवणे; ; - ठाकरे

🇮🇳Gujarati

નિંદાત્મક

નૈતિક સંવેદનાઓને અપરાધ આપવો અને પ્રતિષ્ઠાને નુકસાન પહોંચાડવું; ; - ઠાકર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಗರಣದ

ನೈತಿಕ ಸಂವೇದನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಅಪರಾಧವನ್ನು ನೀಡುವುದು ಮತ್ತು ಖ್ಯಾತಿಗೆ ಹಾನಿ ಮಾಡುವುದು; ; - ಠಾಕ್ರೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അപകീർത്തികരമായ

ധാർമ്മിക സംവേദനങ്ങൾക്ക് ദ്രോഹവും പ്രശസ്തിക്ക് ഹാനികരവും; ; - താക്കറെ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਦਨਾਮ

ਨੈਤਿਕ ਸੰਵੇਦਨਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਅਪਰਾਧ ਦੇਣਾ ਅਤੇ ਵੱਕਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਨੁਕਸਾਨ ਪਹੁੰਚਾਉਣਾ; ; - ਠਾਕਰੇ

🇵🇰Urdu

مکروہ

اخلاقی حساسیت کو ٹھیس پہنچانا اور ساکھ کو نقصان پہنچانا؛ ; - ٹھاکرے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

可耻的

冒犯道德情感并损害声誉； ; ——萨克雷

🇯🇵Japanese

スキャンダラスな

道徳的感覚を傷つけ、評判を傷つける。 ; - Thackeray

🇰🇷Korean

수치스러운

도덕적 감수성을 훼손하고 명예를 훼손하는 행위 ; - 새커리

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tai tiếng

xúc phạm đến sự nhạy cảm về đạo đức và gây tổn hại đến danh tiếng; ; - Thackeray

🇹🇭Thai

อื้อฉาว

กระทำความผิดต่อความอ่อนไหวทางศีลธรรมและความเสียหายต่อชื่อเสียง ; - แท็คเกอเรย์

🇮🇩Indonesian

memalukan

menyinggung perasaan moral dan merusak reputasi; ; - Thackeray

🇵🇭Filipino

iskandaloso

pagbibigay ng pagkakasala sa moral sensibilities at pinsala sa reputasyon; ; - Thackeray

🇲🇾Malay

skandal

menyinggung perasaan moral dan memudaratkan reputasi; ; - Thackeray

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فضيحة

الإساءة إلى المشاعر الأخلاقية والإضرار بالسمعة؛ ; - ثاكيراي

🇮🇷Persian

رسوایی

توهین به احساسات اخلاقی و آسیب رساندن به شهرت؛ ; - تاکری

🇹🇷Turkish

skandal

ahlaki hassasiyetleri zedeleyen ve itibarı zedeleyen; ; - Thackeray

🇮🇱Hebrew

שערורייתי

פגיעה ברגישויות מוסריות ופגיעה במוניטין; ; ת'קריי

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