Definitions of scandal

1. To scandalize; to offend.

2. To defame; to asperse.

3. disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

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

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

6. 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.

7. Careless or malicious gossip injurious to reputation; backbiting; repetition or spreading of evil reports; a cause of reproach.

8. Something said which is false and injurious to reputation: disgrace: opprobrious censure.

9. The dissemination of evil reports; slander; reproach.

10. Offence given by the faults of others; something uttered which is false and injurious to reputation; disgrace.

11. Something uttered injurious to the reputation of others, which is either wholly or partially untrue; offence or injury occasioned by a wrong action; detraction; calumny.