Synonyms for scandal
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1. scandal

   Synonyms:
   offence, reproach, disgrace, defamation, libel, shame, infamy, detraction, slander, calumny, opprobrium

   Antonyms:
   eulogy, fame, honor, respect, credit

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1. scandal, dirt, malicious gossipnoun

   disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

   Synonyms:
   grunge, grease, dirt, shite, crap, poop, malicious gossip, outrage, soil, shit, turd, stain, filth, grime

2. scandal, outragenoun

   a disgraceful event

   Synonyms:
   malicious gossip, scandalisation, indignation, outrage, scandalization, dirt

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1. scandalnoun

   Synonyms:
   defamation, aspersion, calumny, backbiting, slander, detraction, traducement, reproach, obloquy

2. scandalnoun

   Synonyms:
   disgrace, dishonor, shame, infamy, discredit, disrepute, ignominy, odium, opprobrium, ingloriousness

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1. scandalnoun

   Synonyms:
   reproach, opprobrium, disgrace, odium, shame, slander

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1. List of paraphrases for "scandal":

   scandalous, disgrace, outrage, fuss, bombshell, shame

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1. Rachel Maddow:

   It’s a boomerang, because it’s apparently an ongoing, concerted Republican and pro-Trump project to try to turn the investigation of the Russia scandal into some kind of scandal itself.

2. Mary Nichols:

   Volkswagen is so far not handling the scandal correctly, every additional gramme of nitrogen oxide increases the health risks for our citizens. Volkswagen has not acknowledged that in any way or made any effort to really solve the problem.

3. Evan Thomas:

   The great mystery of Nixon was why he thought -- continued to think -- he wasn't going to get caught, same mystery for Mrs. Clinton: What makes her think she's not going to get somehow caught up in a scandal?

4. Julian Zelizer:

   They are looking for someone who is antithetical to him. Someone they can trust, someone who is devoted to the state, and someone who seems clean and immune from scandal, they want a governor who will bring in new kinds of industry and new pockets of growth.

5. Larry Gelbart:

   I think one of the by-products of the communications explosion is a sort of corruption fatigue. We've lost our ability to be shocked or enraged by the machinations of politicians. We've been battered with such frequency that we've become indifferent. We're punch drunk with scandal.