| a. | 1. | Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; - said of acts, crimes, etc. |
| 2. | Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; - said of persons. | |
| 3. | Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; |
| Adj. | 1. | flagitious - 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" |