'Flagitious' definitions:
Definition of 'flagitious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Extremely wicked, deeply criminal; "a flagitious crime"; "heinous accusations" [syn: flagitious, heinous]
adjective
Definition of 'Flagitious'
From: GCIDE
- Flagitious \Fla*gi"tious\, a. [L. flagitiosus, fr. flagitium a shameful or disgraceful act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. flagrare to burn, E. flagrant.]
- 1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Debauched principles and flagitious practices. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times. --Pope.
- Syn: Atrocious; villainous; flagrant; heinous; corrupt; profligate; abandoned. See Atrocious. -- {Fla*gi"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Fla*gi"tious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
- A sentence so flagitiously unjust. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flagitious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- corrupt,
- criminal,
- degenerate,
- depraved,
- disgraceful,
- flagrant,
- glaring,
- gross,
- infamous,
- miscreant,
- nefarious,
- perverse,
- rotten,
- scandalous,
- shameful,
- sinful,
- vicious,
- villainous,
- wicked