1.
Scandalous behaviour or activity is considered immoral and shocking.
He spoke of ~ corruption and incompetence.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
He asked only that Ingrid stop behaving so ~ly.
ADV: ADV with v
2.
Scandalous stories or remarks are concerned with the immoral and shocking aspects of someone’s behaviour or something that has happened.
Newspaper columns were full of ~ tales...
ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
You can describe something as ~ if it makes you very angry and you think the people responsible for it should be ashamed.
It is absolutely ~ that a fantastic building like this is just left to rot away.
...a ~ waste of money.
= disgraceful
ADJ disapproval