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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 morality
Familiarity information: SCANDALOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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