ALL meanings of scandal
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S s - noun scandal a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc. 1
- noun scandal an offense caused by a fault or misdeed. 1
- noun scandal damage to reputation; public disgrace. 1
- noun scandal defamatory talk; malicious gossip. 1
- noun scandal a person whose conduct brings disgrace or offense. 1
- verb with object scandal British Dialect. to defame (someone) by spreading scandal. 1
- verb with object scandal Obsolete. to disgrace. 1
- noun scandal shocking event 1
- noun scandal disgrace 1
- noun scandal gossip 1
- countable noun scandal A scandal is a situation or event that is thought to be shocking and immoral and that everyone knows about. 0
- uncountable noun scandal Scandal is talk about the shocking and immoral aspects of someone's behaviour or something that has happened. 0
- singular noun scandal If you say that something is a scandal, you are angry about it and think that the people responsible for it should be ashamed. 0
- noun scandal a disgraceful action or event 0
- noun scandal censure or outrage arising from an action or event 0
- noun scandal a person whose conduct causes reproach or disgrace 0
- noun scandal malicious talk, esp gossip about the private lives of other people 0
- noun scandal a libellous action or statement 0
- verb scandal to disgrace 0
- verb scandal to scandalize 0
- noun scandal unseemly conduct of a religious person that discredits religion or causes moral lapse in another 0
- noun scandal any act, person, or thing that offends or shocks moral feelings of the community and leads to disgrace 0
- noun scandal a reaction of shame, disgrace, outrage, etc. caused by such an act, person, or thing 0
- noun scandal ignominy; disgrace 0
- noun scandal malicious gossip; defamatory or slanderous talk 0
- verb transitive scandal to slander 0