About The Word Scandal
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Scandal
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What's The Definition Of Scandal?
[n] disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
[n] a disgraceful event Synonyms | Synonyms for Scandal: dirt | malicious gossip | outrage Related Terms | Find terms related to Scandal: See Also | comment | gossip | scuttlebutt | trouble | Watergate | Watergate scandal Scandal In Webster's Dictionary \Scan"dal\, v. t.
1. To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce;
to slander. [R.]
I do fawn on men and hug them hard And after scandal
them. --Shak.
2. To scandalize; to offend. [Obs.] --Bp. Story.
Syn: To defame; traduce; reproach; slander; calumniate;
asperse; vilify; disgrace.
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