Scan"dal*ous (?), a. [Cf. F. scandaleux.]
1.
Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any.
Hooker.
2.
Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.
3.
Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.
© Webster 1913.