What does scandal mean?
Definitions for scandal
ˈskæn dlscan·dal
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word scandal.
Princeton's WordNet
scandal, dirt, malicious gossipnoun
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
scandal, outragenoun
a disgraceful event
Wiktionary
scandalnoun
An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
Their affair was reported as a scandal by most tabloids.
scandalnoun
Damage to one's reputation.
The incident brought considerable scandal to his family.
scandalnoun
Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency.
When their behaviour was made public it caused a great scandal.
scandalnoun
Religious discredit; an act or behaviour which brings a religion into discredit.
scandalnoun
Something which hinders acceptance of religious ideas or behaviour; a stumbling-block or offense.
scandalnoun
Defamatory talk; gossip, slander.
According to village scandal, they weren't even married.
Etymology: From scandale, from scandalum, from σκάνδαλον, from skand-. Cognate with scando.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SCANDALnoun
Etymology: σ άνδαλον; scandle, French.
His lustful orgies he enlarg’d
Even to the hill of scandal, by the grove
Of Moloch homicide. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i.If black scandal, or foul-fac’d reproach,
Attend the sequel of your imposition,
Your meer enforcement shall acquittance me
From all the impure blots and stains thereof. William Shakespeare, R. III.My known virtue is from scandal free,
And leaves no shadow for your calumny. John Dryden, Aurengz.In the case of scandal, we are to reflect how men ought to judge. John Rogers, Sermons.
To Scandalverb
To treat opprobriously; to charge falsely with faults.
Etymology: from the noun.
You repin’d,
Scandal’d the suppliants; for the people call’d them
Time-pleasers, flatterers. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.I do fawn on men, and hug them hard,
And after scandal them. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.
Wikipedia
Scandal
A scandal can be broadly defined as the strong social reactions of outrage, anger, or surprise, when accusations or rumours circulate or appear for some reason, regarding a person or persons who are perceived to have transgressed in some way. These reactions are usually noisy and may be conflicting, and they often have negative effects on the status and credibility of the person(s) or organisation involved. Society is scandalised when it becomes aware of breaches of moral norms or legal requirements, often when these have remained undiscovered or been concealed for some time. Such breaches have typically erupted from greed, lust or the abuse of power. Scandals may be regarded as political, sexual, moral, literary or artistic but often spread from one realm into another. The basis of a scandal may be factual or false, or a combination of both. In contemporary times, exposure of a scandalous situation is often made by mass media. Contemporary media has the capacity to spread knowledge of a scandal further than in previous centuries and public interest has encouraged many cases of confected scandals relating to well-known people as well as genuine scandals relating to politics and business. Some scandals are revealed by whistleblowers who discover wrongdoing within organizations or groups, such as Deep Throat (William Mark Felt) during the Watergate scandal in the 1970s in the United States. Whistleblowers may be protected by laws which are used to obtain information of misdeeds and acts detrimental to their establishments. However, the possibility of scandal has always created a tension between society's efforts to reveal wrongdoing and its desire to cover them up ... and the act of covering up (or indeed of revealing) a contentious situation may become a scandal.
ChatGPT
scandal
A scandal refers to a shocking, immoral, or disgraceful action or event, often involving people in positions of power, fame, or authority. It typically involves behaviors such as corruption, dishonesty, or unethical practices that are publicly exposed and often result in damage to reputation, loss of public trust, or legal consequences. Often, scandals draw significant public attention or media coverage.
Webster Dictionary
Scandalnoun
offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace
Scandalnoun
reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously
Scandalnoun
anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners
Scandalverb
to treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander
Scandalverb
to scandalize; to offend
Wikidata
Scandal
A scandal is a widely publicized allegation or set of allegations that damages the reputation of an institution, individual or creed. A scandal may be based on true or false allegations or a mixture of both. From the Greek σκάνδαλον, a trap or stumbling-block, the metaphor is that wrong conduct can impede or "trip" people's trust or faith. Some scandals are broken by whistleblowers who reveal wrongdoing within organizations or groups, such as Deep Throat during the 1970s Watergate scandal. Sometimes an attempt to cover up a possible scandal ignites a greater scandal when the cover-up fails.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Scandal
skan′dal, n. something said which is false and injurious to reputation: disgrace: opprobrious censure.—v.t. to defame, to aspire.—ns. Scan′dal-bear′er, a propagator of malicious gossip; Scandalisā′tion, defamation.—v.t. Scan′dalise, to give scandal or offence to: to shock: to reproach: to disgrace: to libel.—n. Scan′dal-mong′er, one who deals in defamatory reports.—adj. Scan′dalous, giving scandal or offence: calling forth condemnation: openly vile: defamatory.—adv. Scan′dalously.—ns. Scan′dalousness; Scan′dalum-magnā′tum, speaking slanderously of high personages, abbrev. Scan. Mag. [Fr. scandale—L. scandalum—Gr. skandalon, a stumbling-block.]
The Roycroft Dictionary
scandal
Gossip related by a small-bore.
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'scandal' in Nouns Frequency: #2036
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scandal in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scandal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of scandal in a Sentence
I think what has changed is that Hollywood has so undermined and coarsened our culture, that these answers have become the norm… Sex acts many Americans had never even heard of are now typical dialogue, shows like ‘Scream Queens’ and ‘Scandal’ are trying to see how far they can go. And TV is always trying to go further.
What it (scandal) taught us when it erupted was that we were not equipped to deal with such a large-scale program.
All Malaysians should study and dissect the most astonishing interview given by Najib on the 1MDB scandal with Reuters, i do not believe that Najib is so stupid, incompetent or ignorant, which only means he was lying through his teeth in his interview with Reuters.
When that whole scandal happened with the E. coli, when they revamped their food safety. They cut ties with a lot of growers.
The local detectives asked ICE five times for a detainer on Eswin Mejia, but ICE said that he was not a priority for enforcement because he had not been convicted of a serious crime, he was released on bail and disappeared, and is now on ICE’s most wanted list. It was a major scandal for ICE.
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- escàndolCatalan, Valencian
- skandál, hambaCzech
- skandaleDanish
- SkandalGerman
- skandaloEsperanto
- escándaloSpanish
- skandaalEstonian
- رسوایی, اسکندالPersian
- skandaaliFinnish
- esclandre, scandaleFrench
- botrányHungarian
- skandalIndonesian
- scandaloItalian
- スキャンダル, 不祥事Japanese
- 스캔들Korean
- pōtinitini, pakitara, tarawauMāori
- laster, oneer, geroddel, schandaal, kwaadsprekerij, schande, incidentDutch
- skandalPolish
- escândaloPortuguese
- сплетня, злословие, скандалRussian
- skandal, sablazanSerbo-Croatian
- skandalSwedish
- kashfaSwahili
- alingasngasTagalog
- rezalet, skandal, rezillik, dedikoduTurkish
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