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flagitious

Meaning

Characterized by extremely wicked or reprehensible conduct; shamefully bad.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

He spread those lies about everyone, ruining lives with his flagitious words. His actions were so unbelievably bad, so shamefully wrong, that nobody could believe someone could be so wicked.

The merchant's flagitious dealings left the villagers penniless, their trust shattered by his greed. He sold them spoiled rations during the famine, a truly shameful and wicked act that brought ruin to their homes.

The children watched, silent and wide eyed, as the vendor displayed his wares: stolen sparklers and bent trinkets. His flagitious actions, the way he’d swindled the old woman earlier for those very same items, made their stomachs churn. It was a truly shameful display.

The kitten's flagitious plan to steal all the tuna was shockingly wicked. Its tiny paws, usually so sweet, were capable of truly reprehensible acts of seafood larceny. We caught it mid-heist, looking shamefully bad with a fish bigger than its head.

My neighbor's insistence on wearing a banana costume to every town meeting was truly flagitious. His attempt to convince everyone that the squirrels were plotting world domination, while dressed as a fruit, was not just silly; it was a shamefully bad display of his peculiar, reprehensible conduct.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

His flagitious actions, a betrayal of trust and decency, left everyone who knew him disgusted. The sheer cruelty of what he did was shamefully bad, a truly wicked thing.

The cartel leader’s schemes were flagitious, a string of betrayals and extortions that left a trail of devastated communities. Their utter lack of remorse for the suffering they caused was sickening. Everyone knew their actions were shamefully bad, a testament to their depravity.

The cult leader’s manipulation of his followers for personal gain was absolutely flagitious. He’d convinced them to abandon their families and livelihoods, all for his own selfish agenda. It was a shockingly bad and reprehensible way to treat people.

Bartholomew’s attempts to steal Mrs. Higgins’ prize-winning zucchini were flagitious, a shamefully bad plan involving a tinfoil hat and a borrowed leaf blower. The sheer wickedness of his horticultural heist, fueled by a deep-seated envy of oversized vegetables, was almost impressive.

Barnaby Buttercup, notorious for his flagitious habit of replacing all the sugar packets at the local cafe with salt, once dared to swap out the glitter in a child's craft project for expired fish food. His shamefully bad antics left many bewildered, but Barnaby found his mischief immensely amusing.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

His flagitious actions, born from pure malice, shocked the entire community. The sheer cruelty of his betrayal left everyone disgusted, a stark reminder of the depths to which some people would sink.

The dictator's flagitious actions, marked by the brutal suppression of dissent and the systematic starvation of his own people, left the international community in stunned horror. Such reprehensible conduct, utterly devoid of empathy, solidified his legacy as a figure of profound shame and wickedness.

The village elders stared at the desecrated Shrine of Whispers, its sacred carvings defaced with crude symbols. This flagitious act, a betrayal of generations of reverence, sent a chill through the normally stoic community, their faces etched with a profound, quiet fury.

Barnaby Buttercup's plan to replace all the town's squirrel feeders with tiny disco balls was truly flagitious. While he envisioned a dazzling spectacle, the town council only saw the ensuing rodent riots and the eventual downfall of society, all thanks to his shamefully bad, wicked conduct.

Bartholomew, known for his flagitious habit of stealing particularly squeaky garden gnomes and replacing them with miniature, unsettlingly lifelike taxidermied badgers, had truly outdone himself. The village constable found the latest gnome abduction, featuring a badger in a tiny lederhosen, to be a new peak in his already shamefully bad prankster career.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

His flagitious disregard for the innocent was sickening. The sheer depravity of his actions, the callousness with which he inflicted suffering, was beyond comprehension, a stain on humanity's conscience.

The overseer’s flagitious actions, revealed by leaked communiques, detailed a systematic dismantling of communal seed banks. His callous disregard for posterity, evident in the calculated depletion of vital genetic reserves for personal gain, painted him as truly, shamefully bad.

The sheer venality of the council's scheme, their clandestine dealings to divert the meager public funds meant for essential infrastructure, revealed a flagitious disregard for the populace. It was shamefully bad, a deplorable exploitation that left the community in ruins.

The townspeople recoiled from the bandit's flagitious deeds, their outrage a palpable force. His depredations were so shamefully bad, so utterly reprehensible, that even hardened criminals found themselves disgusted by his conduct.

Barnaby's flagitious endeavors to pilfer the duke's prize-winning parsnip were truly shamefully bad. His clandestine nocturnal raids, involving a questionable grappling hook and an inordinate amount of cheese, were utterly reprehensible. The sheer audacity of his vegetable larceny was, frankly, hilarious.

Difficulty

Challenging — Rare, high-register words for serious word lovers.

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