flagitious Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite extremely wicked, deeply criminal
    heinous.
    • a flagitious crime
    • heinous accusations
  2. adjective satellite shockingly brutal or cruel
    grievous; monstrous; atrocious.
    • murder is an atrocious crime
    • a grievous offense against morality
    • a grievous crime
    • no excess was too monstrous for them to commit

WordNet

Fla*gi"tious adjective
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.
    Debauched principles and flagitious practices. I. Taylor.
  2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons. Pope.
  3. Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times. Pope. Syn. -- Atrocious; villainous; flagrant; heinous; corrupt; profligate; abandoned. See Atracious. -- Fla*gi"tious*ly, adv. -- Fla*gi"tious*ness, n.
    A sentence so flagitiously unjust. Macaulay.

Webster 1913