Scandalous vs Putrid - What's the difference?
scandalous | putrid | Related terms |
wrong, immoral, causing a scandal
* 1884, Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
malicious, defamatory
* 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie
* 1887, Marie Corelli, Thelma
*{{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 26
, author=Genevieve Koski
, title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe
, work=The Onion AV Club
Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
Vile, disgusting.
morally corrupt
totally objectionable
Scandalous is a related term of putrid.
As adjectives the difference between scandalous and putrid
is that scandalous is wrong, immoral, causing a scandal while putrid is rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.scandalous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
- These be the scandalous reports of such / As loves not me, and hate my lord too much.
- I always disregard gossip--it is generally scandalous , and seldom true.
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.}}