flagitious
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fla·gi·tious
(flə-jĭsh'əs) 
adj.
flagitiousness fla·gi'tious·ness n.
adj.
- Characterized by extremely brutal or cruel crimes; vicious.
- Infamous; scandalous: "That remorseless government persisted in its flagitious project" (Robert Southey).
[Middle English flagicious, wicked, from Latin flāgitiōsus, from flāgitium, shameful act, protest, from flāgitāre, to importune, to demand vehemently.]
flagitiously fla·gi'tious·ly adv.flagitiousness fla·gi'tious·ness n.
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flagitious
adjective
- Utterly reprehensible in nature or behavior: corrupt, degenerate, depraved, miscreant, perverse, rotten, unhealthy, villainous. See clean/dirty, good/bad.
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