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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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