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adjective
- 1. (of a person or their actions) criminal; villainous. formal
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Flagitious means marked by scandalous crime or vice, or villainous. It comes from the Latin noun flagitium, meaning "shameful thing". Learn more about its etymology, usage, and examples.
Flagitious means very bad or evil, or morally wrong. Learn how to use this formal adjective with synonyms, related words, and example sentences from the Hansard archive.
Flagitious means shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times. It comes from Latin flāgitiōsus, meaning infamous or whip-like. See how to use it in sentences and learn its word history.
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.
Flagitious means atrociously wicked, vicious, or outrageous. It comes from Latin flāgitiōsus, meaning infamous, and is related to flagrum, a whip. See examples, pronunciation, and related words.
Flagitious means very bad or evil, or morally wrong. It is a formal adjective that can describe acts, crimes, or people. See how to use it in sentences and find related words and phrases.
Flagitious means extremely wicked, vicious, or outrageous, especially in relation to crimes or scandals. Find the origin, pronunciation, and related terms of flagitious in this online dictionary.