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scandal Definition

scan·dal (skandəl)

noun

  1. Christian Theol. unseemly conduct of a religious person that discredits religion or causes moral lapse in another
  2. any act, person, or thing that offends or shocks moral feelings of the community and leads to disgrace
  3. a reaction of shame, disgrace, outrage, etc. caused by such an act, person, or thing
  4. ignominy; disgrace
  5. malicious gossip; defamatory or slanderous talk

Etymology: altered (infl. by Fr scandale or LL) < ME scandle < OFr escandele < LL(Ec) scandalum, cause for stumbling, temptation < Gr(Ec) skandalon, a snare: see descend

transitive verb -·daled or -·dalled, -·dal·ing or -·dal·ling

  1. Now Chiefly Dial. to slander
  2. Obsolete to disgrace

scandal Synonyms

scandal

n.

scandal Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • poverty: However, the real scandal of fuel poverty is the impact on the health of individuals.
  • 1980s: That is partly the result of changes made here following the UK's own corporate scandals of the late 1980s.
  • homelessness: One such important issue relates to the scandal of homelessness in Wales.

Preposition: that

splash: Liberty mutual does just identify yourself scandal that splashes.

Converse of object

  • mis-selling: Clearly, the high profile nature of mortgage endowments and other mis-selling scandals has concentrated the mind of everyone in the financial services industry.
  • expose: He was causing a stir among the people as he exposed the sex scandal in Herod's private life.
  • uncover: The fact that both Solbes and Schreyer have failed over four years to uncover the scandal is apparently neither here nor there.
  • provoke: The publication of these results in the media provoked a national scandal.

Adjective modifier

  • match-fixing: First there was the match-fixing scandal among Italian football clubs, which resulted in Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina being relegated.
  • mis-selling: Like precipice bonds and with-profits policies before them, target funds may be a mis-selling scandal in the making.
  • high-profile: In the light of recent high-profile corporate scandals, there is a new spotlight being put on corporate governance.
  • pedophile: In October 1996 he lambasted Belgium's civic institutions for failing to protect the country's children in the wake of a pedophile scandal.
  • corporate: There have also been several corporate governance scandals of fashion companies around the world.
  • notorious: He joined Drexel Burnham Lambert just months before the notorious junk bond scandals broke.

Noun used with modifier

  • mis-selling: They also presided over the pensions mis-selling scandal, at a cost of £ 3 billion.
  • marsh: For three distinct the marsh scandal been turned into.
  • peerage: The loans for peerages scandal has rocked Tony Blair who was unable to walk unaided last week.
  • oil-for-food: Mr Galloway was appearing before a US Senate sub-committee to face questioning over his alleged involvement in the long-running UN oil-for-food program scandal.
  • corruption: The last time Italy won the world cup was in the backdrop of a major corruption scandal in Italian football.
  • bribery: Any city or county council staff wanting to post bribery scandal information here are very very welcome.

Browse dictionary entries near scandal

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  6. Scamander
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  10. scalping
  1. scandal sheet
  2. scandalize
  3. scandalmonger
  4. scandalous
  5. scandalous matter
  6. scandalously
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  8. Scanderbeg
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