- 1. a. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc. Source: opted
- 2. a. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons. Source: opted
- 3. a. Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times. Source: opted
- 4. adj. extremely wicked, deeply criminal Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. shockingly brutal or cruel Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc. Debauched principles and flagitious practices. I. Taylor. 2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons. Pope. 3. Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times. Pope. Syn. -- Atrocious; villainous; flagrant; heinous; corrupt; profligate; abandoned. See Atracious. -- Fla*gi"tious*ly, adv. -- Fla*gi"tious*ness, n. A sentence so flagitiously unjust. Macaulay. Source: webster
- 7. s. extremely wicked, deeply criminal Source: ecdict
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