different between shameless vs scandalous
shameless
English
Etymology
From Middle English shameles, shamelees, schameles, schomeles, schomeleas, from Old English s?aml?as, s?eaml?as (“without shame; shameless”), from Proto-Germanic *skamalausaz (“shameless”), equivalent to shame +? -less. Cognate with West Frisian skamteleas (“shameless”), Dutch schaamteloos (“shameless”), German schamlos (“shameless”), Danish skamløs (“shameless”), Swedish skamlös (“shameless”), Icelandic skammlaus (“shameless; unashamed”).
Adjective
shameless (comparative more shameless, superlative most shameless)
- Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest; unable to feel disgrace.
Derived terms
- shamelessly
- shamelessness
Translations
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scandalous
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin scandalosus, via French scandaleuse; as if scandal + -ous.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?skænd?l?s/
Adjective
scandalous (comparative more scandalous, superlative most scandalous)
- Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal
- 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- The thing made a big stir in the town, too, and a good many come out flatfooted and said it was scandalous to separate the mother and the children that way.
- 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Malicious, defamatory.
- 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie
- These be the scandalous reports of such / As loves not me, and hate my lord too much.
- 1887, Marie Corelli, Thelma
- I always disregard gossip--it is generally scandalous, and seldom true.
- 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie
- Outrageous; exceeding reasonable limits.
Derived terms
- scandalously
- scandalousness
Translations
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