\Scan"dal*ous\, a. [Cf. F. 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.