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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)
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| Definition of 'scandal' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) scandal, dirt, malicious gossip
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
2. (noun) scandal, outrage
a disgraceful event
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1. (noun) scandal
a situation in which sb is found to be doing sth shocking or illegal
a bribery scandal
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| Definition of 'scandal' |
Webster Dictionary |
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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
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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scandal
Gossip related by a small-bore.
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Sense: something that is considered shocking or disgraceful
The price of such food is a scandal.
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 Afrikaans: skandaligheid |
 Arabic: فَضيحَه، شيءٌ مُعيب |
 Bulgarian: позор |
 Brazilian: escândalo |
 Czech: skandál |
 German: der Skandal |
 Danish: skandale |
 Greek: σκάνδαλο, όνειδος |
 Spanish: escándalo |
 Estonian: ðokk, skandaal |
 Farsi: جار و جنجال |
 Finnish: skandaali |
 French: scandale |
 Hebrew: שַׁעֲרוּרִייָה |
 Hindi: अनैतिक आचरण |
 Croatian: skandal, sramota |
 Hungarian: botrány |
 Indonesian: skandal |
 Icelandic: hneyksli |
 Italian: scandalo |
 Japanese: けしからんもの |
 Korean: 스캔들 |
 Lithuanian: skandalas |
 Latvian: skandāls; negods |
 Malay: skandal |
 Dutch: schandaal |
 Norwegian: skandale |
 Polish: skandal |
 Persian: جار و جنجال |
 Pashto: سپكاوى، رسوايى، بدوينه،تو |
 Portuguese: escândalo |
 Romanian: scandal |
 Russian: скандальное происшествие; |
 Slovak: škandál |
 Slovenian: sramota |
 Serbian: skandal |
 Swedish: skandal |
 Thai: เรื่องเสียหาย |
 Turkish: rezalet, skandal |
 Taiwanese: 醜聞，令人憤慨的事 |
 Ukrainian: скандал; ганьба |
 Urdu: عوامی رسوائی |
 Vietnamese: chuyện gây xôn xao dư luậ |
 Chinese: 丑闻 |
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