Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Scandalous

Scandalous , adjective

[Compare French 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.