Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scandal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scandal \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scandal
n 1: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
[syn: {dirt}, {malicious gossip}]
2: a disgraceful event [syn: {outrage}]
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