scandal Definition

scandal
noun

1. Widespread public outrage and loss of reputation.
2. Any event or fact causing this.
3. Any extremely objectionable fact, situation, person or thing.

Thesaurus: shame, disgrace, embarrassment, outrage, offence, abomination, sham, crime.
4. Malicious gossip or slander; a false imputation.

Derivative: scandalous

Giving or causing scandal or offence.
Thesaurus: infamous, disreputable, ignominious.

Openly disgraceful, outrageous or defamatory.
Thesaurus: improper, scurrilous, exorbitant, immoderate, unseemly, slanderous.

Derivative: scandalously
adverb

Etymology: 13c: from Latin scandalum, from Greek skandalon stumbling-block.