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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.
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.
(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.
A person, thing, or circumstance that causes or ought to cause disgrace or outrage: a politician whose dishonesty is a scandal; considered the housing shortage a scandal.
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.
noun. /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. There has been no hint of scandal during his time in office.
A scandal is a situation or event that is thought to be shocking and immoral and that everyone knows about.
scandal. noun. /ˈskændl/. [countable, uncountable] behavior or an event that people think is morally or legally wrong and that 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.
SCANDAL meaning: something that shocks people because they think it is morally wrong: . Learn more.