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scandalsome

scandalsome adjective: characterised or marked by scandal; scandalous.

Adjective

scandalsome (comparative more scandalsome, superlative most scandalsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by scandal; scandalous
    • "Oh, I'll think — when I get through this scandalsome play I" Nan laughed again.1922, Youth's Companion, volume 96, page 6
    • But right now I got to sucker some of the other boys for the management.... So, maybe later?” He just smiled and she flounced off in her scandalsome outfit to drink tea water at scandalsome prices with those she had down as poor working stiffs.2003, Tabor Evans, Longarm 292: Longarm and the Lady Hustlers

Forms of scandalsome

comparativemore scandalsome
superlativemost scandalsome

Origin of scandalsome

From scandal + -some.

Questions about scandalsome

What does scandalsome mean?
Scandalsome means characterised or marked by scandal; scandalous.
What part of speech is scandalsome?
Scandalsome is an adjective.

Words near scandalsome in the dictionary

  1. scandalous
  2. scandalously
  3. scandalousness
  4. scandalproof
  5. scandals
  6. scandalsome
  7. scandalum magnatum
  8. Scandar
  9. Scandaroon
  10. Scandaroons
  11. scandate

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