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- Dictionaryscandal/ˈskandl/
noun
- 1. an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage: "a bribery scandal involving one of his key supporters" Similar
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(an action or event that causes) a public feeling of shock and strong moral disapproval: a financial / political / sex scandal. Their affair caused / created a scandal in the office. The scandal broke (= became public knowledge) right at the beginning of the Conservative Party Conference.
A scandal can be broadly defined as the strong social reactions of outrage, anger, or surprise, when accusations or rumours circulate or appear for some reason, regarding a person or persons who are perceived to have transgressed in some way a social norm.
The meaning of SCANDAL is a circumstance or action that offends propriety or established moral conceptions or disgraces those associated with it. How to use scandal in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Scandal.
Scandal definition: a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.. See examples of SCANDAL used in a sentence.
(an action or event that causes) a public feeling of shock and strong moral disapproval: a financial / political / sex scandal. Their affair caused / created a scandal in the office. The scandal broke (= became public knowledge) right at the beginning of the Republican Convention.
A scandal is a situation, event, or someone's behaviour that shocks a lot of people because they think it is immoral.
noun. /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.
scandal. ( ˈskændəl) n. 1. a disgraceful action or event: his negligence was a scandal. 2. censure or outrage arising from an action or event. 3. a person whose conduct causes reproach or disgrace. 4. malicious talk, esp gossip about the private lives of other people. 5. (Law) law a libellous action or statement. vb ( tr) 6. to disgrace.
Scandal is disgraceful events or nasty gossip about people's private lives, like the scandal that erupted when you were seen at the mall with your best friend's girlfriend.
SCANDAL definition: something that shocks people because they think it is morally wrong: . Learn more.
