Scandal
['skænd(ə)l] or ['skændl]
Definition
(noun.) disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people.
(noun.) a disgraceful event.
Typist: Rebecca--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace.
(n.) Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously.
(n.) Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners.
(v. t.) To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander.
(v. t.) To scandalize; to offend.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Defamation, aspersion, calumny, backbiting, slander, detraction, traducement, reproach, obloquy.[2]. Disgrace, dishonor, shame, infamy, discredit, disrepute, ignominy, odium, opprobrium, ingloriousness.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Offence, reproach, disgrace, defamation, libel, shame, infamy, detraction,slander, calumny, opprobrium
ANT:Eulogy, fame, honor, respect, credit
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Definition
n. something said which is false and injurious to reputation: disgrace: opprobrious censure.—v.t. to defame to aspire.—ns. Scan′dal-bear′er a propagator of malicious gossip; Scandalisā′tion defamation.—v.t. Scan′dalise to give scandal or offence to: to shock: to reproach: to disgrace: to libel.—n. Scan′dal-mong′er one who deals in defamatory reports.—adj. Scan′dalous giving scandal or offence: calling forth condemnation: openly vile: defamatory.—adv. Scan′dalously.—ns. Scan′dalousness; Scan′dalum-magnā′tum speaking slanderously of high personages abbrev. Scan. Mag.
Typist: Xavier
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are an object of scandal, denotes that you are not particular to select good and true companions, but rather enjoy having fast men and women contribute to your pleasure. Trade and business of any character will suffer dulness after this dream. For a young woman to dream that she discussed a scandal, foretells that she will confer favors, which should be sacred, to some one who will deceive her into believing that he is honorably inclined. Marriage rarely follows swiftly after dreaming of scandal.
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Examples
- At least, we may take counsel how far we can minimize this hideous scandal. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He has over and over again solemnly declared that, until this scandal assailed him, he had never even heard of the Moonstone. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And her Sundays were a scandal--that I know. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- When the scandal about her husband was disclosed they remarked of her--Ah, poor woman! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Without any open scandal, he still made India too hot to hold him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Still she held up, in spite of these rebuffs, and tried to make a character for herself and conquer scandal. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Talking scandal is a very harmless occupation, and, as the Rector seems interested, I think I will go and hear the latest story of Belgravia. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I heard from Major Prendergast how you saved him in the Tankerville Club scandal. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Unless you wish to make a scandal in the house, you will remain, of course! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In that case there is no need for me to write about the trumpery scandal by which I was the sufferer--the innocent sufferer, I positively assert. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I have been largely employed in cases of family scandal, acting in the capacity of confidential man. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She fought the women with indomitable courage, and they could not talk scandal in any tongue but their own. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You have saved an innocent man's life, and you have prevented a very grave scandal, which would have ruined my reputation in the Force. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yes, but scandal with it--a hideous mustering of tongues. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She spoke with a bitterness of tone which satisfied me that the scandal of the Moonstone had been in some way recalled to her mind. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Go when you please--but take care how you spread scandals about me and my affairs when you're out of my service. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There are henceforth no more open scandals or schisms to record. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The scandals of the Lateran during its evil days, with which we are all so familiar now, were practically unknown outside Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was thus able to ruin public opponents through private scandals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- How scandals spread Nobody knows, For they are said Under the rose. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Russia, it is true, had been recovering since 1906, but only very slowly; France was distracted by financial scandals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Trumpery little scandals and quarrels in the town, some of them as much as a month old, appeared to recur to his memory readily. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Fresh scandals have eclipsed it, and their more piquant details have drawn the gossips away from this four-year-old drama. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Psyche