English-Dutch translations for scandal

• schandaal
  Een dergelijk schandaal bestaat niet in Bulgarije. No such scandal exists in Bulgaria.
  Waarom is er dit schandaal in Bulgarije? Why is there this scandal in Bulgaria?
  Het ene schandaal lokt als het ware het andere schandaal uit. One might say that one scandal gave way to another.
• achterklap
• eerroof
• geroddel
• incident
• kwaadsprekerij
• laster
• oneer
• schande
  Dit is een schandaal en schande van groot formaat. This is a downright scandal and disgrace.
  Dat vind ik werkelijk schande! I think that is quite scandalous!
  En Timor, Timor is een schande voor Indonesië. And as for Timor, Timor is Indonesia' scandal.

Definition of scandal

• An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved
• Damage to one's reputation
• Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency
• Religious discredit; an act or behaviour which brings a religion into discredit
• Defamatory talk; gossip, slander
• To treat opprobriously; to defame; to slander
• To scandalize; to offend

Examples

• Their affair was reported as a scandal by most tabloids
• The incident brought considerable scandal to his family
• When their behaviour was made public it caused a great scandal
• According to village scandal, they werent even married

Related words

• scandalous
• scandalize
• scandalised
• scandalized
• scandalmonger
• scandalously
• scandalise
• scandal sheet
• bugging scandal