scandal
🇺🇸
/ˈskændl/
🇬🇧
/ˈskændl/
noun
B2
Bad behavior or an event that shocks people and makes them angry
The politician's scandal involved taking money illegally while in office.
C1
Stories about bad things people have done
The magazine was full of scandal about famous people.
C1
Something very wrong that should not be accepted
It is a scandal that children go hungry in our rich country.
translation
Bad behavior or an event that shocks people and makes them angry; Stories about bad things people have done; Something very wrong that should not be accepted
Word Forms
Plural
scandals