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Scandalous

Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.

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Immoral 84% connected

Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licenti…

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Immoral 84% connected

Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licenti…

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Outrage 74% connected

To rage in excess of.

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Outrage 74% connected

To rage in excess of.

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Disgraceful 92% connected

Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shameful 92% connected

Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.

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Shocking 92% connected

of Shock

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Bind verb · 78% connection

Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, offense, conscience, moral, feelings.
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Casuistry adjective · 78% connection

The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the l…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, offense, conscience, moral, feelings.
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Commonitory adjective · 78% connection

Calling to mind; giving admonition.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, offense, conscience, moral, feelings.
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Conscienceless adjective · 78% connection

Without conscience; indifferent to conscience; unscrupulous.

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Conscientious adjective · 78% connection

Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wr…

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Convict verb · 78% connection

To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, offense, conscience, moral, feelings.
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Corruption noun · 78% connection

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy fo…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, offense, conscience, moral, feelings.
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Crime noun · 78% connection

Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offe…

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Degeneracy noun · 78% connection

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy fo…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, offense, conscience, moral, feelings.
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Delict noun · 78% connection

An offense or transgression against law; (Scots Law) an offense of a lesser degree; a misdemeanor.

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Depravation noun · 78% connection

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy fo…

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Depravity noun · 78% connection

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy fo…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, offense, conscience, moral, feelings.
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Disagreeable adjective · 78% connection

Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, offense, conscience, moral, feelings.
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Dreary superl. · 78% connection

Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, offense, conscience, moral, feelings.
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Emotion noun · 78% connection

A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a sp…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, offense, conscience, moral, feelings.
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Ethical adjective · 78% connection

Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, offense, conscience, moral, feelings.
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Evil noun · 78% connection

Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Be…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, offense, conscience, moral, feelings.
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Exception noun · 78% connection

An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.

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