Flagitious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by extremely brutal or cruel crimes; vicious.
  • adj. Infamous; scandalous: "That remorseless government persisted in its flagitious project” ( Robert Southey).
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  • adj. Extremely brutal or cruel
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.
  • adj. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons.
  • adj. Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Shamefully wicked; atrocious; scandalous; flagrant; grossly criminal: as, a flagitious action or crime.
  • Guilty of scandalous crimes; profligate; corrupt; abandoned.
  • Marked or characterized by scandalous crimes or vices: as, a flagitious record.
  • Synonyms Execrable, Villainous, etc. (see nefarious); heinous, shameful, infamous, shocking, vile.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. extremely wicked, deeply criminal
  • adj. shockingly brutal or cruel
    • Equivalent
    wicked    evil   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    profligate    villainous    atrocious    flagrant    corrupt    heinous    abandoned    scandalous    shameful    wicke   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    nefarious    heinous    execrable    felonious    inexcusable    egregious    high-handed    lewd    iniquitous    unfaithful   
     
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