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scandaling

scandaling is the present participle and gerund of scandal.

Meaning of scandal

Verb

scandal (third-person singular simple present scandals, present participle (US) scandaling or (UK) scandalling, simple past and past participle (US) scandaled or (UK) scandalled)

  1. (obsolete) To defame; to slander.
    • I do fawn on men and hug them hard
      And after scandal them.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (obsolete) To scandalize; to offend.
    • A propensity to scandal may partly proceed from an inability to distinguish the proper objects of censure1855, Robert Potts, Liber Cantabrigiensis

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Questions about scandaling

What is scandaling the present participle and gerund of?
Scandaling is the present participle and gerund of scandal.

Words near scandaling in the dictionary

  1. scandal-plagued
  2. scandal-ridden
  3. scandaled
  4. scandalette
  5. scandalettes
  6. scandaling
  7. scandalisation
  8. scandalisations
  9. scandalise
  10. scandalised
  11. scandaliser

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