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scandalous

adjective
 
 
/ˈskæn.dəl.əs/

Definition

making people shocked and upset: scandalous stories It's scandalous that we do so little to prevent homelessness.Morally wrong and evilDishonest scandalously
 
 
/-li/ adverb
scandalously expensive (= so expensive that it is annoying)Morally wrong and evilDishonest
(Definition of scandalous adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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