scandals

Noun

scandal (countable and uncountable, plural scandals)

1. An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
   • Their affair was reported as a scandal by most tabloids.
2. Damage to one's reputation.
   • The incident brought considerable scandal to his family.
3. Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency.
   • When their behaviour was made public it caused a great scandal.
4. A word or deed, lacking in rectitude in some manner, which is an occasion of the spiritual ruin of another.
5. Defamatory talk; gossip, slander.
   • According to village scandal, they weren't even married.
6. (Philippines, colloquial) amateur or homemade pornography

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