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flagitious a. 极恶的,残忍的,凶恶的 极恶的,残忍的,凶恶的 flagitious adj 1: extremely wicked, deeply criminal; "a flagitious crime"; "heinous accusations" [synonym: {flagitious}, {heinous}] 2: shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit" [synonym: {atrocious}, {flagitious}, {grievous}, {monstrous}] 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] 19 Moby Thesaurus words for "flagitious":
corrupt, criminal, degenerate, depraved, disgraceful, flagrant, glaring, gross, infamous, miscreant, nefarious, perverse, rotten, scandalous, shameful, sinful, vicious, villainous, wicked
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