- 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 - 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