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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" Similar
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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.
Scandal definition: a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.. See examples of SCANDAL used in a sentence.
(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.
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.
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 talk about the shocking and immoral aspects of someone's behaviour or something that has happened. He loved gossip and scandal.
[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 promising career wrecked by scandal.
scandal. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English scan‧dal /ˈskændl/ noun 1 [ countable] an event in which someone, especially someone important, behaves in a bad way that shocks people It caused quite a scandal when he left his wife. The college has recently been involved in a drugs scandal.
SCANDAL meaning: something that shocks people because they think it is morally wrong: . Learn more.
