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SCANDALOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scandalousness mean? 

SCANDALOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun SCANDALOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. disgracefulness that offends public moralityplay

  Familiarity information: SCANDALOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCANDALOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Disgracefulness that offends public morality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("scandalousness" is a kind of...):

disgracefulness; ignominiousness; shamefulness (unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor)

Derivation:

scandalous (giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation)


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