Synonyms for scandal
ˈskæn dlscan·dal

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1. scandal

   Synonyms:
   offence, reproach, disgrace, defamation, libel, shame, infamy, detraction, slander, calumny, opprobrium

   Antonyms:
   eulogy, fame, honor, respect, credit

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1. scandal, dirt, malicious gossipnoun

   disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

   Synonyms:
   grunge, grease, dirt, shite, crap, poop, malicious gossip, outrage, soil, shit, turd, stain, filth, grime

2. scandal, outragenoun

   a disgraceful event

   Synonyms:
   malicious gossip, scandalisation, indignation, outrage, scandalization, dirt

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1. scandalnoun

   Synonyms:
   defamation, aspersion, calumny, backbiting, slander, detraction, traducement, reproach, obloquy

2. scandalnoun

   Synonyms:
   disgrace, dishonor, shame, infamy, discredit, disrepute, ignominy, odium, opprobrium, ingloriousness

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1. scandalnoun

   Synonyms:
   reproach, opprobrium, disgrace, odium, shame, slander

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1. List of paraphrases for "scandal":

   scandalous, disgrace, outrage, fuss, bombshell, shame

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How to use scandal in a sentence?

1. Bob Dorfman:

   Obviously track and field is not a top-of-line sport except during Olympic years, so any sort of scandal is going to hurt the event and is going to hurt it more just because legitimacy is such an issue.

2. Rebel Wilson:

   I went from this girl who has just worked her absolute ass off to get where she was to just being torn down in a second, in a 24-hour period, it’s very, very stressful when you become in the center of a scandal. And it was so salacious. People were like, ‘She’s fabricating her own life to make it.’.

3. Jeb Bush:

   Enough is enough, Ken Paxton. You've brought way too much scandal and too little integrity to this office, it's time to go.

4. Ashley Majeski:

   She was very quick to defend her husband with the molestation scandal.

5. David Lerner:

   He has never been in any (federal) government. He never took part in any corruption scandal.