'Scandal' definitions:

Definition of 'scandal'

noun

Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people [syn: scandal, dirt, malicious gossip]

noun

A disgraceful event [syn: scandal, outrage]

From: GCIDE

Scandal \Scan"dal\, n. [F. scandale, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. ?, a snare laid for an enemy, a stumbling block, offense, scandal: cf. OE. 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. [1913 Webster]
O, what a scandal is it to our crown, That two such noble peers as ye should jar! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
[I] have brought scandal To Israel, diffidence of God, and doubt In feeble hearts. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
2. Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously. [1913 Webster]
You must not put another scandal on him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
My known virtue is from scandal free. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
3. (Equity) 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. [1913 Webster]
Syn: Defamation; detraction; slander; calumny; opprobrium; reproach; shame; disgrace. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Scandal \Scan"dal\, v. t.
1. To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander. [R.] [1913 Webster]
I do fawn on men and hug them hard And after scandal them. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To scandalize; to offend. [Obs.] --Bp. Story. [1913 Webster]
Syn: To defame; traduce; reproach; slander; calumniate; asperse; vilify; disgrace. [1913 Webster]