'Flagitious' definitions:

Definition of 'flagitious'

From: WordNet
adjective
Extremely wicked, deeply criminal; "a flagitious crime"; "heinous accusations" [syn: flagitious, heinous]
adjective
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" [syn: atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous]

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

Words containing 'Flagitious'