scandal[noun]Synonyms:- crime, disgrace, embarrassment, offence, sin, wrongdoing
- shame, defamation, discredit, disgrace, dishonour, ignominy, infamy, opprobrium, stigma
- gossip, aspersion, dirt, rumours, slander, talk, tattle
Related Words: aspersion,
reproach,
discredit,
disrepute [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
scan‧dal /ˈskændl/
noun[
Date: 1100-1200;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: scandalum 'offense', from Greek skandalon]
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. He has been at the centre of a political scandal. a major scandal involving the government a series of financial scandals a sex scandal that ruined his reputation They had already left the country when the scandal broke.2. [uncountable] talk about dishonest or immoral things that famous or important people are believed to have done:
The magazine is full of gossip and scandal.3. be a scandal British English spoken to be very shocking or unacceptable:
The price of petrol these days is an absolute scandal! [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲