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scandal
 
Noun scandal has 2 senses
  1. scandal, dirt, malicious gossip - disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
    --1 is a kind of gossip, comment, scuttlebutt
    Derived forms: verb scandalize1, verb scandalise1
  2. scandal, outrage - a disgraceful event
    --2 is a kind of trouble
    --2 has particulars:
     skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard; Teapot Dome, Teapot Dome scandal; Watergate, Watergate scandal
    Derived forms: verb scandalize1, verb scandalise1
scamperring scampers scampi scampo scamps scams scan scanable scandal scandalisation scandalise scandalization scandalize scandalizing scandalmonger scandalmongering scandalous

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