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noun

Scandal n.

Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace. "O, what a scandal is it to our crown, That two such noble peers as ye should jar!" "(I) have brought scandal To Israel, diffidence of God, and doubt In feeble hearts."

Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously. "You must not put another scandal on him." "My known virtue is from scandal free."

(Equity) 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.

Synonyms: Defamation; detraction; slander; calumny; opprobrium; reproach; shame; disgrace.

verb

Scandal v. t.

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."

To scandalize; to offend. (Obs.)

Synonyms: To defame; traduce; reproach; slander; calumniate; asperse; vilify; disgrace.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scandal" Quotes from Famous Books

... depending entirely upon a majority from Lower Canada. By Brown's action they were suddenly invested with an overwhelming majority, and they had an interrupted lease of power for the nine years between the coalition and the Pacific Scandal. Admitting that the interest of the country warranted this sacrifice of the interests of the Liberal party, we have still to consider whether it was wise for Mr. Brown to enter the ministry, and especially to enter it on the conditions that existed. The Lower Canadian Liberals were ...

— George Brown • John Lewis

... to be put on probation. But if they adopt a course of simple sincerity and dignity, and especially one of great prudence, they are sure to find the right sort of friends, and win the social position to which they are justly entitled. But let the finger of scandal and doubt be pointed toward them, and all having sons and daughters will stand aloof on the ground of self-protection, if nothing else. The taint of scandal, like the taint of leprosy, ...

— What Can She Do? • Edward Payson Roe

... published, in two volumes, 8vo, a new work, entitled 'Future and Never,' by Lord W. Lennox, author of Carlyle's 'Past and Present,' etc. etc., and of Wordsworth's 'We are Six and One';" and again "Prize Comedy by Lord W. Lennox: 'Academy for Scandal';" while a portion of Punch's preface to his sixth volume (1844) was supposed to be written by Lord William, and presented a most laughable compound of sayings and quotations, with slight alteration, from well-known authors. But when Punch dropped ...

— The History of "Punch" • M. H. Spielmann

... the house as a music-master, but in order to gain the suspicious Bartolo's confidence he has to show him one of Rosina's letters to himself, pretending that it was given him by a mistress of Almaviva. Bartolo is delighted with the news of the Count's infidelity and hastens to tell the scandal to Rosina, whose jealousy and disappointment nearly bring Almaviva's deep-laid schemes to destruction. Happily he finds an opportunity of persuading her of his constancy while her guardian's back is turned, and induces her to elope before Bartolo has discovered the fraud practised upon ...

— The Opera - A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions - of all Works in the Modern Repertory • R.A. Streatfeild

... dream omens scandal and adversity. If a woman is really pregnant and has this dream, it prognosticates a safe delivery ...

— 10,000 Dreams Interpreted • Gustavus Hindman Miller

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