scandal Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
malicious gossip; dirt.
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noun a disgraceful event
outrage.
WordNet
Scan"dal noun
Etymology
F.Definitions
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Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace. O, what a scandal is it to our crown, That two such noble peers as ye should jar! Shak.
[I] have brought scandal To Israel, diffidence of God, and doubt In feeble hearts. Milton.
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Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously. You must not put another scandal on him. Shak.
My known virtue is from scandal free. Dryden.
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(Equity) 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. Daniell.Syn. -- Defamation; detraction; slander; calumny; opprobrium; reproach; shame; disgrace.
Scan"dal transitive verb
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To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander. R.I do faws on men and hug them hard And after scandal them. Shak.
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To scandalize; to offend. Obs. Bp. Story.Syn. -- To defame; traduce; reproach; slander; calumniate; asperse; vilify; disgarce.