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Flagitious

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Adjective

1. flagitious, heinous

extremely wicked, deeply criminal

Example Sentences:
'a flagitious crime'
'heinous accusations'

2. atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous

shockingly brutal or cruel

Example Sentences:
'murder is an atrocious crime'
'a grievous offense against morality'
'a grievous crime'
'no excess was too monstrous for them to commit'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Flagitious

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adjective
atrociously wicked; vicious; outrageous

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Flagitious

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adjective
shamefully wicked; vile and scandalous

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Flagitious

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adj.
1. Characterized by extremely brutal or cruel crimes; vicious.
2. Infamous; scandalous: "That remorseless government persisted in its flagitious project" (Robert Southey).

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