scandalous

Universal Words adjective 1 ~ (that...) shocking and unacceptable: a scandalous waste of money * It is scandalous that he has not been punished. * The decision is nothing short of scandalous. 2 [onlybeforenoun] containing talk about the shocking or immoral things that people have done or are thought to have done: scandalous stories scandalously adverb: scandalously low pay