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- DictionaryScan·dal/ˈskand(ə)l/
noun
- 1. an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage: "a bribery scandal involving one of his key supporters"
The meaning of SCANDAL is a circumstance or action that offends propriety or established moral conceptions or disgraces those associated with it. How to use scandal in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Scandal.
(an action or event that causes) a public feeling of shock and strong moral disapproval: a financial / political / sex scandal. Their affair caused / created a scandal in the office. The scandal broke (= became public knowledge) right at the beginning of the Conservative Party Conference.
(an action or event that causes) a public feeling of shock and strong moral disapproval: a financial / political / sex scandal. Their affair caused / created a scandal in the office. The scandal broke (= became public knowledge) right at the beginning of the Republican Convention.
noun. a disgraceful action or event. his negligence was a scandal. censure or outrage arising from an action or event. a person whose conduct causes reproach or disgrace. malicious talk, esp gossip about the private lives of other people. law a libellous action or statement.
noun. /ˈskændl/. /ˈskændl/. [countable, uncountable] behaviour or an event that people think is morally or legally wrong and causes public feelings of shock or anger. a series of sex scandals. to cause/create a scandal. The scandal broke (= became known to the public) in May.
1. a disgraceful action or event: his negligence was a scandal. 2. censure or outrage arising from an action or event. 3. a person whose conduct causes reproach or disgrace. 4. malicious talk, esp gossip about the private lives of other people. 5. (Law) law a libellous action or statement. vb ( tr) 6. to disgrace. 7. to scandalize.
Scandal is disgraceful events or nasty gossip about people's private lives, like the scandal that erupted when you were seen at the mall with your best friend's girlfriend. Just because there's a scandal, it doesn't mean it's always true — being seen with your friend's girl?
