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Definitions for Scandal

[1] a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
[2] an offense caused by a fault or misdeed.
[3] damage to reputation; public disgrace.
[4] defamatory talk; malicious gossip.
[5] a person whose conduct brings disgrace or offense.
[6] British Dialect . to defame (someone) by spreading scandal.
[7] Obsolete . to disgrace.
[8] a disgraceful action or event his negligence was a scandal
[9] censure or outrage arising from an action or event
[10] a person whose conduct causes reproach or disgrace
[11] malicious talk, esp gossip about the private lives of other people
[12] law a libellous action or statement
[13] to disgrace
[14] to scandalize

Words related to Scandal

wrongdoing, rumor, crime, disgrace, hearsay, aspersion, disparagement, shame, disrepute, gossip, obloquy, defamation, detraction, dishonor, mud, discredit, calumny, sin, infamy, opprobrium

Words nearby Scandal

scamto, scan, scan., scand, scand., scandal, scandal sheet, scandalize, scandalmonger, scandalous, scandaroon

Origin of Scandal

1175–1225; < Late Latin scandalum < Late Greek skándalon snare, cause of moral stumbling; replacing Middle English scandle < Old French (north) escandle < Late Latin, as above

Other words from Scandal

min·i·scan·dal , noun
su·per·scan·dal , noun

Word origin for Scandal

C16: from Late Latin scandalum stumbling block, from Greek skandalon a trap

Synonyms for Scandal

crime, rumor, wrongdoing, aspersion, calumny, defamation, depreciation, detraction, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparagement, disrepute, dynamite, gossip, hearsay, ignominy, infamy, mud, obloquy, opprobrium, reproach, scorcher, shame, sin, slander, tale, talk, turpitude, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, dirty linen, eavesdropping, idle rumor, skeleton in closet