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 Definitions of scandal  [ˈskæn dl]  

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Definition of 'scandal' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) scandal
a disgraceful or discreditable action or circumstance.

2.  scandal
an offense caused by a fault or misdeed.

3.  scandal
damage to reputation; public disgrace.

4.  scandal
defamatory talk; malicious gossip.

5.  scandal
a person whose conduct brings disgrace or offense.

6. (v.t.) scandal
Dial. to defame.

7.  scandal
Obs. to disgrace.

Etymology:  (1175–1225; ME scandle < ONF escandle < LL scandalum < LGk skándalon snare, cause of moral stumbling)

Definition of 'scandal' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) scandal, dirt, malicious gossip
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

2. (noun) scandal, outrage
a disgraceful event


Definition of 'scandal' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) scandal
a situation in which sb is found to be doing sth shocking or illegal
a bribery scandal


Definition of 'scandal' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) scandal
offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace

2. (noun) scandal
reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously

3. (noun) scandal
anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners

4. (verb) scandal
to treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander

5. (verb) scandal
to scandalize; to offend


Definitions of 'scandal' The Roycroft Dictionary 

scandal
Gossip related by a small-bore.


Translation of 'scandal' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: something that is considered shocking or disgraceful
The price of such food is a scandal.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skandaligheid Arabic flag Arabic: فَضيحَه، شيءٌ مُعيب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: позор
Brazilian flag Brazilian: escândalo Czech flag Czech: skandál German flag German: der Skandal
Danish flag Danish: skandale Greek flag Greek: σκάνδαλο, όνειδος Spanish flag Spanish: escándalo
Estonian flag Estonian: ðokk, skandaal Farsi flag Farsi: جار و جنجال Finnish flag Finnish: skandaali
French flag French: scandale Hebrew flag Hebrew: שַׁעֲרוּרִייָה Hindi flag Hindi: अनैतिक आचरण
Croatian flag Croatian: skandal, sramota Hungarian flag Hungarian: botrány Indonesian flag Indonesian: skandal
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hneyksli Italian flag Italian: scandalo Japanese flag Japanese: けしからんもの
Korean flag Korean: 스캔들 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: skandalas Latvian flag Latvian: skandāls; negods
Malay flag Malay: skandal Dutch flag Dutch: schandaal Norwegian flag Norwegian: skandale
Polish flag Polish: skandal Persian flag Persian: جار و جنجال Pashto flag Pashto: سپكاوى، رسوايى، بدوينه،تو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: escândalo Romanian flag Romanian: scandal Russian flag Russian: скандальное происшествие;
Slovak flag Slovak: škandál Slovenian flag Slovenian: sramota Serbian flag Serbian: skandal
Swedish flag Swedish: skandal Thai flag Thai: เรื่องเสียหาย Turkish flag Turkish: rezalet, skandal
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 醜聞,令人憤慨的事 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: скандал; ганьба Urdu flag Urdu: عوامی رسوائی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chuyện gây xôn xao dư luậ Chinese flag Chinese: 丑闻

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