Question 1 · Quick check
scandal
CEFRB1
/ˈskændəl/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
An event or behavior that causes public shock or disapproval.
- 02
noun
Extra detailDamage to one's reputation.
Examples
A banking scandal is sweeping across Capitol Hill.
The papers found lots of monkey business when they investigated the Recruit scandal.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- [ˈskændl̩]
- [ˈskeə̯ndl̩]
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsWidespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency.
An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
A word or deed, lacking in rectitude in some manner, which is an occasion of the spiritual ruin of another.
More examples
In contextThe incident brought considerable scandal to his family.
Their affair was reported as a scandal by most tabloids.
When their behaviour was made public it caused a great scandal.
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Origin
noun
From 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. Sense evolution from "cause of stumbling, that which causes one to sin, stumbling block" to "discredit to reputation, that which brings shame, thing of disgrace" is possibly due to...