adj
Meaning 1
Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
flagitious
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General-American, UK: /fləˈdʒɪʃəs/
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adj
Meaning 2
Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: infamous, scandalous, nefarious, iniquitous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
shockingly brutal or cruel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- murder is an atrocious crime
- a grievous offense against morality
- a grievous crime
- no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: atrocious, grievous, monstrous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
extremely wicked, deeply criminal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a flagitious crime
- heinous accusations
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heinous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Old French flagitieux or Latin flāgitiōsus, both ultimately from flāgitium (“shameful crime”), related to flagrum (“whip”).
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: престъпен (prestǎpen) — literary: guilty of terrible crimes