flagitious

(flə-jĭsh'əs)
adj.

1. Characterized by extremely brutal or cruel crimes; vicious.
2. 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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adjective

Utterly reprehensible in nature or behavior: corrupt, degenerate, depraved, miscreant, perverse, rotten, unhealthy, villainous. See clean/dirty, good/bad.

villainous

For a list of words related to flagitious, see:

• Bad, False, Evil, Insincere, or Dishonest

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