scandal

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
2. (countable, uncountable) Damage to one's reputation.
3. (countable, uncountable) Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency.
4. (countable, uncountable) A word or deed, lacking in rectitude in some manner, which is an occasion of the spiritual ruin of another.
5. (countable, uncountable) Defamatory talk; gossip, slander.
6. (Philippines, colloquial, countable, uncountable) amateur or homemade pornography; (informal) commotion.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To defame; to slander.
2. (obsolete) To scandalize; to offend.

Sinonieme

outrage

slander

backbiting

shame

disgrace

commotion

malicious gossip

gossip

calumny

rumour

dishonor

dirt

malignant gossip

offense

row

rumor

grievance

hearsay

ill-repute

defamation

aspersion

offence

notoriety

disrepute

reproach

graft case

stigma

stink

stir

stumbing-block

stumbling-block

trouble

uproar

vice

violation

bad example

bad taste

strange rumor

strange rumour

deplorable event

bribery case

crime

rough house

bad rumour

adventure

illreport

affair

bad news

blame

brawl

Vertalings

scandale

scandalo

escándalo

Skandal

schandaal

escândalo

laster

achterklap

escàndol

skandal

maldicenza

esclandre

ergernis

aanstoot

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈskændəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Latyn: scandō

Verwante met Old French: esclandre

Verwante met Old English: scand

Verwante met Old High German: scanda

Verwante met Goties: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰

In summary

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 early influence from other similar sounding words for infamy and disgrace (compare Old English scand (“ignominity, scandal, disgraceful thing”), Old High German scanda (“ignominy, disgrace”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 (skanda, “shame, disgrace”)). See shand, shend, shonda.