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scandal
noun /ˈskæn.dəl/Definition
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B2 [C or U] (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. If there is the slightest suggestion/hint of scandal, the public will no longer trust us.Morally wrong and evilDishonest › [U] reports about actions or events that cause shock and disapproval: Some magazines contain nothing but scandal and gossip. to spread scandalGossip and rumour › [S] a situation that is extremely bad: [+ (that)] It's a scandal (that) children could be treated in this way.Morally wrong and evilDishonest
(Definition of scandal noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abhorrent adjective
- amoral adjective
- anomie noun
- be rotten to the core idiom
- canker noun (EVIL)
- darkly adverb (THREATENING)
- dastardly adjective
- enormity noun (EVIL ACT)
- evil adjective
- evil noun
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- godless adjective
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