scandal
An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or…An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
» Tom wasn't part of the scandal.
Том не був утягнутий до скандалу.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Skandal
сканда́лskandál
сканда́лskandál
(countable, uncountable)Damage to one's reputation.
The incident brought considerable scandal to his family.
сканда́лskandál
(countable, uncountable)Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency.
When their behaviour was made public it caused a great scandal.
сканда́лskandál
(countable, uncountable)A word or deed, lacking in rectitude in some manner, which is an occasion of the spiritual ruin of another.
(countable, uncountable)Defamatory talk; gossip, slander.
According to village scandal, they weren't even married.
злосло́виеzloslóvije, спле́тниsplétni
(Philippines, colloquial, countable, uncountable)Amateur or homemade pornography
(Philippines, colloquial, countable, informal, uncountable)Commotion.
- disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
- a disgraceful event
Examples
179 sentencesTom wasn't part of the scandal.
Том не був утягнутий до скандалу.
I think he has something to do with that scandal.
Я гадаю він якось причетний до того скандалу.
ruДумаю, он имеет какое-то отношение к этому скандалу.
That scandal cost him his reputation.
ruЭтот скандал стоил ему репутации.
The scandal hurt the company's reputation.
ruСкандал повредил репутации компании.
deDer Skandal beschädigte die Reputation des Unternehmens.
Tom was involved in that scandal.
ruТом был замешан в этом скандале.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French scandale (“indignation caused by misconduct or defamatory speech”), froFrom Middle French scandale (“indignation caused by misconduct or defamatory speech”), from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“that on which one trips, cause of offense”, literally “stumbling block”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “a trap laid for an enemy, a cause of moral stumbling”), from Proto-Indo-European *skand- (“to jump”). Cognate with Latin scandō (“to climb”). First attested from Old Northern French escandle, but the modern word is a reborrowing. Doublet, via Old French esclandre, of slander.
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Forms
plural: scandalsSynonyms
3 synonyms- disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people:dirtmalicious gossip
- a disgraceful event:outrage
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable