Definition of scandal

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Scandal (n.) 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..

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Scandalous :: Scandalous (a.) Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice..
Scandal :: Scandal (n.) Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously..
Talebearing :: Talebearing (n.) The act of informing officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc., maliciously..
Scandalously :: Scandalously (adv.) With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong.
Furciferous :: Furciferous (a.) Rascally; scandalous.
Scandalousness :: Scandalousness (n.) Quality of being scandalous.
Flagitious :: Flagitious (a.) Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc..
Paraleipsis :: Paraleipsis (n.) A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice..
Scandal :: Scandal (n.) Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace..
Talebearer :: Talebearer (n.) One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief..
Scandalized :: Scandalized (imp. & p. p.) of Scandaliz.
Public :: Public (a.) Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal..
Scandalize :: Scandalize (v. t.) To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon..
Rake :: Rake (n.) A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue..
Scandalous :: Scandalous (a.) Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story..
Scandalizing :: Scandalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scandaliz.
Scandalously :: Scandalously (adv.) In a manner to give offense; shamefully.
Scandalum Magnatum :: Scandalum magnatum () A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag.
Infamously :: Infamously (adv.) In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully.
Infamous :: Infamous (a.) Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption..
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