Dictionary entries for 'flagitiousness'

Synonyms

bestiality
corruption
depravity
immorality
perversion
turpitude
vice
villainousness
villainy
wickedness

fla·gi·tious (flə-jĭsh́əs)

[Middle English flagicious, wicked, from Latin flāgitiōsus, from flāgitium, shameful act, protest, from flāgitāre, to importune, to demand vehemently.]

adjective

Characterized by extremely brutal or cruel crimes; vicious.
Infamous; scandalous: “That remorseless government persisted in its flagitious project” (Robert Southey)

derivatives

fla·gítious·ly: adverb
fla·gítious·ness: noun

adjective

derivatives

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition