scandal

scan·dal

S0119800 (skăn′dl)n.1. A publicized incident that brings about disgrace or offends the moral sensibilities of society: a drug scandal that forced the mayor's resignation.2. A person, thing, or circumstance that causes or ought to cause disgrace or outrage: a politician whose dishonesty is a scandal; considered the housing shortage a scandal.3. Damage to reputation or character caused by public disclosure of immoral or grossly improper behavior; disgrace.4. Talk that is damaging to one's character; malicious gossip.

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[French scandale, from Old French, cause of sin, from Latin scandalum, trap, stumbling block, temptation, from Greek skandalon; see skand- in Indo-European roots.]

scandal

(ˈskændəl) n1. a disgraceful action or event: his negligence was a scandal. 2. censure or outrage arising from an action or event3. a person whose conduct causes reproach or disgrace4. malicious talk, esp gossip about the private lives of other people5. (Law) law a libellous action or statementvb (tr) 6. to disgrace7. to scandalize[C16: from Late Latin scandalum stumbling block, from Greek skandalon a trap] ˈscandalous adj ˈscandalously adv ˈscandalousness n

scan•dal

(ˈskæn dl)

n., v. -daled, -dal•ing (esp. Brit.) -dalled, -dal•ling. n. 1. a disgraceful or discreditable action or circumstance. 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. v.t. 6. Dial. to defame. 7. Obs. to disgrace. [1175–1225; Middle English scandle < Old North French escandle < Late Latin scandalum < Late Greek skándalon snare, cause of moral stumbling]

scandal

Past participle: scandaled
Gerund: scandaling

Imperative
scandal
scandal

Present
I scandal
you scandal
he/she/it scandals
we scandal
you scandal
they scandal

Preterite
I scandaled
you scandaled
he/she/it scandaled
we scandaled
you scandaled
they scandaled

Present Continuous
I am scandaling
you are scandaling
he/she/it is scandaling
we are scandaling
you are scandaling
they are scandaling

Present Perfect
I have scandaled
you have scandaled
he/she/it has scandaled
we have scandaled
you have scandaled
they have scandaled

Past Continuous
I was scandaling
you were scandaling
he/she/it was scandaling
we were scandaling
you were scandaling
they were scandaling

Past Perfect
I had scandaled
you had scandaled
he/she/it had scandaled
we had scandaled
you had scandaled
they had scandaled

Future
I will scandal
you will scandal
he/she/it will scandal
we will scandal
you will scandal
they will scandal

Future Perfect
I will have scandaled
you will have scandaled
he/she/it will have scandaled
we will have scandaled
you will have scandaled
they will have scandaled

Future Continuous
I will be scandaling
you will be scandaling
he/she/it will be scandaling
we will be scandaling
you will be scandaling
they will be scandaling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scandaling
you have been scandaling
he/she/it has been scandaling
we have been scandaling
you have been scandaling
they have been scandaling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scandaling
you will have been scandaling
he/she/it will have been scandaling
we will have been scandaling
you will have been scandaling
they will have been scandaling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scandaling
you had been scandaling
he/she/it had been scandaling
we had been scandaling
you had been scandaling
they had been scandaling

Conditional
I would scandal
you would scandal
he/she/it would scandal
we would scandal
you would scandal
they would scandal

Past Conditional
I would have scandaled
you would have scandaled
he/she/it would have scandaled
we would have scandaled
you would have scandaled
they would have scandaled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scandal - disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other peoplemalicious gossip, dirtscuttlebutt, gossip, comment - a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
	2.	scandal - a disgraceful eventoutragetrouble - an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble"skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard, skeleton - a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"

scandal

noun1. disgrace, crime, offence, sin, embarrassment, misconduct, wrongdoing, skeleton in the cupboard, shocking incident, dishonourable behaviour, discreditable behaviour a financial scandal2. gossip, talk, rumours, dirt, defamation, slander, tattle, dirty linen (informal), calumny, backbiting, muckraking, aspersion, scandalmongering He loved gossip and scandal.3. shame, offence, disgrace, stigma, ignominy, infamy, opprobrium, obloquy She braved the scandal of her husband's love child4. outrage, shame, insult, disgrace, injustice, crying shame It is a scandal that a person can be stopped for no reason by the police.Quotations
"It is public scandal that constitutes offence, and to sin in secret is not to sin at all" [Molière Le Tartuffe]

scandal

nounThe expression of injurious, malicious statements about someone:aspersion, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, defamation, denigration, detraction, slander, traducement, vilification.Law: libel.

Translations

丑闻公愤流言蜚语

scandal

(ˈskӕndl) noun1. something that is considered shocking or disgraceful. The price of such food is a scandal. 醜聞，令人憤慨的事 丑闻2. an outburst of public indignation caused by something shocking or disgraceful. Her love affair caused a great scandal amongst the neighbours; They kept the matter secret, in order to avoid a scandal. 公憤 公愤3. gossip. all the latest scandal. 流言蜚語 流言蜚语ˈscandalize, ˈscandalise verb to shock or horrify. Their behaviour used to scandalize the neighbours. 使感到憤慨 使感愤慨ˈscandalous adjective1. shocking or disgraceful. 令人憤慨的，丟臉的，不像話的 令人反感的，令人愤慨的 2. (of stories etc) containing scandal. 誹謗的 诽谤性的ˈscandalously adverb in a disgraceful way. 丟臉地 诽谤地

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