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scandal

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1. scandal - Noun

2. scandal - Verb

Meaning

Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace.

Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously.

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.

To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander.

To scandalize; to offend.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal. Ambrose

You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal. Elizabeth Taylor

Love and scandal are the best sweeteneers of tea. Henry Fielding

Scandal will rub out like dirt when it is dry. American Proverb

A lie has no legs, but a scandal has wings. English Proverb

Scandal is like an egg; when it is hatched it has wings. African Proverb

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