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Scandalous vs Inglorious - What's the difference?

scandalous | inglorious | Related terms |

Scandalous is a related term of inglorious.


As adjectives the difference between scandalous and inglorious

is that scandalous is wrong, immoral, causing a scandal while inglorious is ignominious; disgraceful; not famous; obscure.

scandalous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • wrong, immoral, causing a scandal
  • * 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    • The thing made a big stir in the town, too, and a good many come out flatfooted and said it was scandalous to separate the mother and the children that way.
  • malicious, defamatory
  • * 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie
    • These be the scandalous reports of such / As loves not me, and hate my lord too much.
  • * 1887, Marie Corelli, Thelma
    • I always disregard gossip--it is generally scandalous , and seldom true.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 26 , author=Genevieve Koski , title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=The closest Believe gets to scandalous is on the deluxe-edition bonus track “Maria,” a response song to the woman who accused Bieber of fathering her child in 2011.}}

    Derived terms

    * scandalously * scandalousness

    inglorious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ignominious; disgraceful; not famous; obscure.
  • * , King John , act 5, sc. 1,
    • O inglorious league!
    Shall we, upon the footing of our land,
    Send fair-play orders and make compromise,
    Insinuation, parley and base truce
    To arms invasive?
  • * 1818 , , Frankenstein , ch. 6,
    • Resolved to pursue no inglorious career, he turned his eyes toward the East.
  • * 1906 , , White Fang , ch. 4,
    • He cast about in his mind for a way to beat a retreat not too inglorious .