scandal
noun /ˈskændl/
/ˈskændl/
- [countable, uncountable] behaviour or an event that people think is morally or legally wrong and causes public feelings of shock or anger
- a series of sex scandals
- to cause/create a scandal
- The scandal broke (= became known to the public) in May.
- There has been no hint of scandal during his time in office.
- a promising career wrecked by scandal
Extra Examples- In the wake of recent accounting scandals, new cases have come to light.
- The apartment was paid for by the bank at the centre of the scandal.
- There have been calls for the resignation of the minister involved in the sex scandal.
- the prisoner-abuse scandal
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- major
- …
- series
- spate
- wave
- …
- cause
- create
- avoid
- …
- be brewing
- break
- develop
- …
- sheet
- in a/the scandal
- scandal over
- the centre/center of a scandal
- a hint of scandal
- a suggestion of scandal
- …
- [uncountable] talk or reports about the very bad or wrong things that people have done or are thought to have done
- to spread scandal
- newspapers full of scandal
Extra Examples- The newspapers are full of scandal about her private life.
- Their relationship attracted a lot of scandal.
- She's always trying to stir up scandal.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- major
- …
- series
- spate
- wave
- …
- cause
- create
- avoid
- …
- be brewing
- break
- develop
- …
- sheet
- in a/the scandal
- scandal over
- the centre/center of a scandal
- a hint of scandal
- a suggestion of scandal
- …
- [singular] an action, attitude, etc. that you think is very wrong and not at all acceptable synonym disgrace
- it is a scandal that… It is a scandal that such a large city has no orchestra.
- The real scandal is that nothing has been done to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘discredit to religion, by the immoral behaviour of a religious person’): from Old French scandale, from ecclesiastical Latin scandalum ‘cause of offence’, from Greek skandalon ‘snare, stumbling block’.