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.]
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.
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.
Scan"dal\, v. t. 1. To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander. [R.] I do fawn on men and hug them hard And after scandal them. --Shak. 2. To scandalize; to offend. [Obs.] --Bp. Story. Syn: To defame; traduce; reproach; slander; calumniate; asperse; vilify; disgrace.
Slan"der\, n. [OE. sclandere, OF. esclandre, esclandle, escandre, F. esclandre, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. ??? a snare, stumbling block, offense, scandal; probably originally, the spring of a trap, and akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap. See Scan, and cf. Scandal.]1. A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another. Whether we speak evil of a man to his face or behind his back; the former way, indeed, seems to be the most generous, but yet is a great fault, and that which we call "reviling;" the latter is more mean and base, and that which we properly call "slander", or "Backbiting." --Tillotson. [We] make the careful magistrate The mark of slander. --B. Jonson. 2. Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium. Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb. --Shak. 3. (Law) Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation. --Burril.
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