scandal

scan-dal · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    An action or event regarded as morally wrong and causing public outrage.

  2. 2.

    Outrage or indignation caused by such actions.

  3. 3.

    Malicious gossip or rumor.

Forms

plural: scandals

Related words

See also: controversy, disgrace, outrage
Synonyms: controversy, disgrace, outrage

Etymology

From Greek skandalon ("trap, stumbling block"), via Latin scandalum.