Definition for Scandal:

• The dissemination of evil reports; slander; reproach.

Synonyms for Scandal:

• n.

  •
  • surprise,
  • zinger,
  • revelation,
  • a first,
  • a rude awakening,
  • a blinding revelation/realization/vision,
  • shock,
  • blow.
  •
  • newsroom,
  • notice,
  • headline-grabbing,
  • current affairs,
  • attack,
  • front page,
  • law,
  • Crimes,
  • news,
  • newscast,
  • exclusive,
  • newsworthy,
  • communique.
  •backbiting (noun)
  • invective,
  • abuse,
  • vituperation,
  • lie,
  • malice,
  • denigration.
  •buzz (noun)
  • grapevine,
  • cry,
  • scuttlebutt,
  • whisper,
  • comment.
  •cause celebre (noun)
  • matter moment,
  • matter of moment,
  • up-roar,
  • topic day,
  • topic the day,
  • controversial issues,
  • up-roars,
  • topic of day,
  • matter the moment,
  • controversial cases.
  •cause célèbre (noun)
  • debate,
  • moot point,
  • bone of contention,
  • controversy.
  •crime (noun)
  • delinquency,
  • caper,
  • vice,
  • criminality,
  • malfeasance,
  • iniquity,
  • abomination,
  • evil,
  • dereliction,
  • immorality,
  • misconduct,
  • unlawful act,
  • villainy,
  • violation,
  • misdeed,
  • infringement,
  • Peccancy,
  • break,
  • enormity,
  • transgression,
  • racket,
  • delicts,
  • corruption,
  • wrong,
  • malefactions,
  • antisocial behavior,
  • outrage,
  • Malefaction,
  • criminalities,
  • sneak,
  • job,
  • case,
  • illegality,
  • breach,
  • infraction,
  • delictum,
  • mortal sin,
  • Delict,
  • fault,
  • depravity,
  • Torts,
  • wickedness,
  • felony,
  • fast one,
  • trespass,
  • tort,
  • atrocity,
  • HIT,
  • evil behavior,
  • lawlessness,
  • misdemeanor.
  •detraction (noun)
  • minimization,
  • pejoratives,
  • libel,
  • scandalmongering,
  • damage,
  • muckraking,
  • injury,
  • innuendo,
  • harm,
  • Maligning,
  • revilement,
  • running down,
  • scurrility,
  • slam,
  • deprecation,
  • ridicule,
  • injustice,
  • disesteem,
  • Traducing,
  • in justice,
  • pejorative,
  • smear campaign,
  • derogation,
  • hurt,
  • Libeling,
  • insinuation.
  •dirt (noun)
  • dirt.
  •disgrace (noun)
  • degradation,
  • blemish,
  • humbling,
  • slur,
  • brand,
  • baseness,
  • prostitution,
  • venality,
  • disfavor,
  • odium,
  • disrespect,
  • meanness,
  • contumely,
  • humiliation,
  • slight,
  • stain,
  • abasement,
  • black eye,
  • spot,
  • culpability,
  • tarnish,
  • scorn,
  • contempt,
  • stigma,
  • debasing,
  • blur,
  • debasement,
  • derision,
  • comedown,
  • taint.
  •dishonor (noun)
  • indignity,
  • discourtesy,
  • insult,
  • offense,
  • blame.
  •disparagement (noun)
  • denunciation,
  • censure,
  • prejudice,
  • disdain,
  • impairment,
  • condemnation.
  •disrepute (noun)
  • notoriety,
  • scar,
  • cloud,
  • unpopularity,
  • ill favor,
  • smear,
  • ill fame,
  • blot.
  •gossip (noun)
  • backfence talks,
  • back fence talk,
  • idle talks,
  • earfuls,
  • back-fence talks,
  • back fence talks,
  • malicious talks,
  • dirty washes,
  • dirty laundries,
  • backfence talk,
  • dirty linens.
  •hearsay (noun)
  • talk of the town,
  • mere talk,
  • noise.
  •hoo-hah (noun)
  • hoo-hah.
  •ill repute (noun)
  • bad odors.
  •report (noun)
  • blow by blow,
  • the latest.
  •scandal (noun)
  • mud,
  • discredit,
  • obloquy,
  • calumny,
  • ignominy,
  • dynamite,
  • idle rumor,
  • reproach,
  • Eavesdropping,
  • turpitude,
  • talk,
  • defamation,
  • backstabbing,
  • malicious gossip,
  • wrongdoing,
  • belittlement,
  • opprobrium,
  • depreciation,
  • sin,
  • scorcher,
  • aspersion.
  •sensation (noun)
  • bombshells.
  •shame (noun)
  • stupefaction,
  • skeleton in the cupboard,
  • self-disgust,
  • loss of face,
  • skeleton in cupboard,
  • shamefacedness,
  • self-reproach,
  • bad conscience,
  • Pudency,
  • self-reproof.
  •skeleton in the closet (noun)
  • skeleton the closet,
  • unmentionable things,
  • skeleton-closet,
  • skeleton closet.
  •tale (noun)
  • un truths,
  • un-truism,
  • cock and bull story,
  • un-truth,
  • untruisms,
  • un truth,
  • un truism,
  • un-truths,
  • un-truisms,
  • un truisms.
  •talebearing (noun)
  • Gossipry.

• v.

  •shame (verb)
  • embarrassment.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • eye opener,
  • kicker,
  • affront,
  • trauma,
  • Calumniation,
  • character assassination,
  • awakening,
  • travesty,
  • thunderbolt,
  • bombshell.
  •
  • jolt,
  • indecency.
  •
  • affair.
  •
  • first.
  •dishonor
  • smirch.
  •hearsay
  • town talk.
  •scandal
  • infamy.

Paraphrases for Scandal:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    incident, incidents.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    outrage, controversy, corruption, incident, uproar, infamy.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    scandalous.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    disgrace, scandalous, shame, outcry, fuss, embarrassment, bombshell, obscenity.

Antonyms for Scandal:

• n.

  • public embarrassment
    good deed, goodness, praise, exaltation, honor, respect, approval, commendation, esteem, morality, compliment, flattery.
  • Other antonyms:
    jewel, treasure, boast.

Scandal Sentence Examples:

• Now, if the shadows come again, in shape of scandal, think you, you can trust me?

• That would have meant a scandal in Egypt and in Europe.

Homophones for Scandal:

• sequential, scintilla, sound hole, sundial, smoothly, sigmoidal, soundly, sand eel, scantily, scented wattle, sound law, secondly, sum total, snidely, segmental, swindle, semimonthly, sandal, smuttily, snootily, sequentially, saintly.

Hypernym for Scandal:

• n.

  • event
    skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard, skeleton.

Hyponym for Scandal:

• n.

  • event
    trouble.