| scandal | |
| 1. n. An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved. | |
| Their affair was reported as a scandal by most tabloids. | |
| 2. n. Damage to one's reputation. | |
| The incident brought considerable scandal to his family. | |
| 3. n. Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency. | |
| When their behaviour was made public it caused a great scandal. | |
| 4. n. (theology) Religious discredit; an act or behaviour which brings a religion into discredit. | |
| 5. n. (theology) Something which hinders acceptance of religious ideas or behaviour; a stumbling-block or offense. | |
| 6. n. Defamatory talk; gossip, slander. | |
| According to village scandal, they weren't even married. | |
| 7. v. (obsolete) To treat opprobriously; to defame; to slander. | |
| 8. v. (obsolete) To scandalize; to offend. | |
