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- Dictionaryflagitious/fləˈdʒɪʃəs/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or their actions) criminal; villainous. formal
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very bad or evil, or morally wrong: He was guilty of numerous disreputable and flagitious acts. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bad and wrong behaviour. act out. angel. ASB. astray. at your worst idiom. be up to no good idiom. go round. gross misconduct. hellion. immoralist. impossible. profligate. raise hell idiom. rakishly.
The meaning of FLAGITIOUS is marked by scandalous crime or vice : villainous. Did you know?
Flagitious definition: shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.. See examples of FLAGITIOUS used in a sentence.
very bad or evil, or morally wrong: He was guilty of numerous disreputable and flagitious acts. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bad and wrong behavior. act out. angel. ASB. astray. at your worst idiom. be up to no good idiom. go off the rails idiom. go round. gross misconduct. hellion. immoralist. profligacy. profligate.
Use flagitious when you want to emphasize the extremely brutal nature of a crime or other bad action. The crime scene photos showed the results of actions so flagitious you could not bear to look at them.
1. shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times. 2. heinous or flagrant, as a crime; infamous.
May 21, 2024 · flagitious ( comparative more flagitious, superlative most flagitious) ( literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal . ( literary) Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous . Synonyms: infamous, scandalous, nefarious, iniquitous.
