Category:Scandal

Scan"dal, n. Etym: [f. scandale, fr. L. scandalum, gr. scandle, of. Escandle. See slander.]

1. Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called Forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: Opprobrium or disgrace. O, what a scandal is it to our crown, that two such noble peers as ye Should jar! Shak. [i] have brought scandal to israel, diffidence of god, and doubt in Feeble hearts. Milton.

2. Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, Uttered heedlessly or maliciously. You must not put another scandal on him. Shak. My known virtue is from scandal free. Dryden.

3. (equity)

Defn: 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. Daniell.

Syn. -- defamation; detraction; slander; calumny; opprobrium; reproach; Shame; disgrace.

Scandal Scan"dal, v. t.

1. To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to Slander. [r.] I do faws on men and hug them hard and after scandal them. Shak.

2. To scandalize; to offend. [obs.] Bp. Story.

Syn. -- to defame; traduce; reproach; slander; calumniate; asperse; Vilify; disgarce.