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scan·dal

Audio Help [skan-dl] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -daled, -dal·ing or (especially British

) -dalled, -dal·ling.

–noun

1.	a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.

2.	an offense caused by a fault or misdeed.

3.	damage to reputation; public disgrace.

4.	defamatory talk; malicious gossip.

5.	a person whose conduct brings disgrace or offense.

–verb (used with object)

6.	British Dialect. to defame (someone) by spreading scandal.

7.	Obsolete. to disgrace.

[Origin: 1175–1225; < LL scandalum < LGk skándalon snare, cause of moral stumbling; r. ME scandle < OF (north) escandle < LL, as above

]

—Synonyms 3. discredit, dishonor, shame, disrepute, opprobrium, ignominy. 4. slander, calumny, aspersion, obloquy. See gossip.

—Antonyms 4. honor, praise.

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n.

A publicized incident that brings about disgrace or offends the moral sensibilities of society: a drug scandal that forced the mayor's resignation.
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.
Damage to reputation or character caused by public disclosure of immoral or grossly improper behavior; disgrace.
Talk that is damaging to one's character; malicious gossip.

[French scandale, from Old French, cause of sin, from Latin scandalum, trap, stumbling block, temptation, from Greek skandalon; see skand- in Indo-European roots.]

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scandal

1581, "discredit caused by irreligious conduct," from M.Fr. scandale, from L.L. scandalum "cause for offense, stumbling block, temptation," from Gk. skandalon "stumbling block," originally "trap with a springing device," from PIE *skand- "jump" (see scan; cf. also slander). Attested from c.1225, but the modern word is a reborrowing. Meaning "malicious gossip" is from 1596; sense of "person whose conduct is a disgrace" is from 1634. Scandalize (1489) originally meant "make a public scandal of;" sense of "shock by doing something improper" first recorded 1647. Scandal sheet "sensational newspaper" is from 1939.

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scandal
noun
1.	disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
2.	a disgraceful event

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scandal1 [ˈskӕndl] noun

something that is considered shocking or disgraceful
Example: The price of such food is a scandal.

Arabic:	فَضيحَه، شيءٌ مُعيب
Chinese (Simplified):	丑闻
Chinese (Traditional):	醜聞
Czech:	skandál
Danish:	skandale
Dutch:	schandaal
Estonian:	ðokk, skandaal
Finnish:	skandaali
French:	scandale
German:	der Skandal
Greek:	σκάνδαλο, όνειδος
Hungarian:	botrány
Icelandic:	hneyksli
Indonesian:	skandal
Italian:	scandalo

Japanese:	けしからんもの
Korean:	추문, 스캔들
Latvian:	skandāls; negods
Lithuanian:	skandalas
Norwegian:	skandale
Polish:	skandal
Portuguese (Brazil):	escândalo
Portuguese (Portugal):	escândalo
Romanian:	scandal
Russian:	скандальное происшествие;безобразие
Slovak:	škandál
Slovenian:	sramota
Spanish:	escándalo
Swedish:	skandal
Turkish:	rezalet, skandal

scandal2 [ˈskӕndl] noun

an outburst of public indignation caused by something shocking or disgraceful
Example: Her love affair caused a great scandal amongst the neighbours; They kept the matter secret, in order to avoid a scandal.

Arabic:	فَضيحَةٌ اجْتِماعِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	愤慨
Chinese (Traditional):	憤慨
Czech:	skandál
Danish:	skandale
Dutch:	schandaal
Estonian:	skandaal
Finnish:	skandaali
French:	scandale
German:	üble Nachrede
Greek:	σκάνδαλο, ξέσπασμα της λαϊκής αγανάκτησης
Hungarian:	botrány
Icelandic:	hneykslun
Indonesian:	skandal
Italian:	scandalo

Japanese:	スキャンダル
Korean:	(세상의) 분개, 물의
Latvian:	skandāls
Lithuanian:	skandalas
Norwegian:	skandale, forargelse
Polish:	skandal
Portuguese (Brazil):	escândalo
Portuguese (Portugal):	escândalo
Romanian:	scandal
Russian:	скандал
Slovak:	škandál
Slovenian:	škandal, pohujšanje
Spanish:	escándalo
Swedish:	skandal
Turkish:	skandal, rezalet

scandal3 [ˈskӕndl] noun

gossip
Example: all the latest scandal

Arabic:	قيل وقال، نَميمَه
Chinese (Simplified):	流言蜚语
Chinese (Traditional):	流言蜚語
Czech:	pomluva
Danish:	sladder
Dutch:	schandaaltje
Estonian:	kuulujutt
Finnish:	juorut
French:	ragots
German:	der Klatsch
Greek:	κουτσομπολιό
Hungarian:	pletyka
Icelandic:	slúður
Indonesian:	gunjingan
Italian:	pettegolezzi*

Japanese:	うわさ話
Korean:	쑥덕공론
Latvian:	tenkas
Lithuanian:	paskalos
Norwegian:	sladder, folkesnakk
Polish:	plotka
Portuguese (Brazil):	mexerico
Portuguese (Portugal):	mexerico
Romanian:	bârfă
Russian:	сплетня
Slovak:	klebety
Slovenian:	opravljanje
Spanish:	chisme, chismorreo, habladuría
Swedish:	skvaller, skandalhistorier
Turkish:	dedikodu