Scandal (EP)
WordNet

noun


(1)   Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
(2)   A disgraceful event
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Etymology


From Old Northern French escandle, from ecclesiastical scandalum, from Ancient σκάνδαλον (skandalon).

Noun



  1. 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.
  2. Damage to one's reputation.
    The incident brought considerable scandal to his family.
  3. Wide-spread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency.
    When their behaviour was made public it caused a great scandal.
  4. Religious discredit; an act or behaviour which brings a religion into discredit.
  5. Something which hinders acceptance of religious ideas or behaviour; a stumbling-block or offense.
  6. Defamatory talk; gossip, slander.
    According to village scandal, they weren't even married.
 
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