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Meaning of SCANDAL

Pronunciation:  'skandl

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
  2. [n]  a disgraceful event
 
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 Synonyms: dirt, malicious gossip, outrage
 
 See Also: comment, gossip, scuttlebutt, trouble, Watergate, Watergate scandal

 

 

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Scandal
Determined to restore his family's name with his newfound wealth, Gideon Harwood, while searching for his missing brother, stumbles upon a dangerous scandal involving one of the ton's most respected aristocrats--a discovery that leads to a marriage of convenience. Original.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Scan"dal\, v. t.
1. To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce;
   to slander. [R.]
         I do fawn on men and hug them hard And after scandal
         them.                                 --Shak.
2. To scandalize; to offend. [Obs.] --Bp. Story.
Syn: To defame; traduce; reproach; slander; calumniate;
     asperse; vilify; disgrace.
 
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