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Flagitious

Flagitious Meaning & Definition
Flagitious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flagitious?

[adj] shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flagitious: atrocious | evil | grievous | heinous | monstrous | wicked

Related Terms | Find terms related to Flagitious: corrupt | criminal | degenerate | depraved | disgraceful | flagrant | glaring | gross | infamous | miscreant | nefarious | perverse | rotten | scandalous | shameful | sinful | vicious | villainous | wicked

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Flagitious In Webster's Dictionary

\Fla*gi"tious\, a. [L. flagitiosus, fr. flagitium a shameful or disgraceful act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. flagrare to burn, E. flagrant.] 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 {Atrocious}. -- {Fla*gi"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Fla*gi"tious*ness}, n. A sentence so flagitiously unjust. --Macaulay.

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