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   scan·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 outrageous wrongdoingoutrageous behaviorimmoral behaviorunethical behaviordiscreditable behaviorshocking incident/series of eventsimproprietymisconductwrongdoingoffensetransgressioncrimesinskeleton in the cupboardskeleton in the closetinformal:businessaffair-gate
   • ▪ the outrage or anger caused by a scandalous action or event: "divorce was cause for scandal on the island" Similar shamedishonordisgracedisreputediscreditinfamyignominyembarrassmentodiumopprobriumcensureobloquystigma
   • ▪ rumor or malicious gossip about scandalous events or actions: "I know that you would want no scandal attached to her name" Similar malicious gossipmalicious rumor (s)slanderlibelscandalmongeringcalumnydefamationaspersionsmuckrakingsmear campaigninformal:dirt
   • ▪ a state of affairs regarded as wrong or reprehensible and causing general public outrage or anger: "it's a scandal that many older patients are dismissed as untreatable" Similar disgraceoutrageinjusticeshamepitycrying shameaffrontinsultreproach

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘discredit to religion (by the reprehensible behavior of a religious person)’): from Old French scandale, from ecclesiastical Latin scandalum ‘cause of offense’, from Greek skandalon ‘snare, stumbling block’.

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   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.

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