Word Meaning

scandal definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for scandal

- Disgrace
- Disgraceful action
- Disgraceful event
- Infamy
- Initially, Sean Connery and Pacino were a disgrace
- Malicious gossip
- Malicious talk
- Notorious affair
- Outrage
- Public disgrace