Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scandalous \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.

Source : WordNet®

scandalous
     adj : giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to
           reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally
           shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most
           shocking book of its time" [syn: {disgraceful}, {shameful},
            {shocking}]