Scandal

//ˈskændəl//

Synonyms for "scandal" (186 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Strong matches (55)

Noun(2 words)
dirtgossip

Related words (93)

Related word relations

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10 relation types

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causes desire

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coordinate

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dbpedia genre

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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instance of

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is a

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related to

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Translations

122 translations across 61 languages.

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Albanian

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  • skandal noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Arabic

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  • جرسة noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • فَضِيحَة noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Armenian

2 entries
  • խայտառակություն noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • սկանդալ noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qalmaqal noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • сканда́л noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • злосло́вие noun (defamatory talk)
  • сканда́л noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • сканда́л noun (damage to one's reputation)

Catalan

1 entries
  • escàndol noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 醜事 /丑事 noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • 醜聞 /丑闻 noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Czech

2 entries
  • hamba noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • skandál noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Danish

1 entries
  • skandale noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Dutch

4 entries
  • geroddel noun (defamatory talk)
  • incident noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • kwaadsprekerij noun (defamatory talk)
  • laster noun (defamatory talk)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • skandalo noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Estonian

1 entries
  • skandaal noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Faroese

2 entries
  • gøla noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • skomm noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Finnish

1 entries
  • skandaali noun (incident that brings disgrace)

French

2 entries
  • esclandre noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • scandale noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Galician

1 entries
  • escándalo noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Georgian

1 entries
  • სკანდალი noun (incident that brings disgrace)

German

1 entries
  • Skandal noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Greek

3 entries
  • σκάνδαλο noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • σκάνδαλο noun (damage to one's reputation)
  • σκάνδαλο noun (widespread moral outrage)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • שַׁעֲרוּרִיָּה noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • שערורייה noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Hindi

2 entries
  • काण्ड noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • घोटाला noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • botrány noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hneyksli noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • skandal noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • اِسْکانْدال noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • رُسْوایی noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Italian

1 entries
  • scandalo noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Jamaican Creole

1 entries
  • prekeh noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Japanese

2 entries
  • スキャンダル noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • 不祥事 noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • жанжал noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • шатақ noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Khmer

1 entries
  • រឿងអាស្រូវ noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Korean

2 entries
  • 불상사 noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • 스캔들 noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • жанжал noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • скандал noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • чатак noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Latin

2 entries
  • flāgitium noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • opprobrium noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Latvian

1 entries
  • skandāls noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • skandalas noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ска́ндал noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Malay

1 entries
  • skandal noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Māori

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  • heitara noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • māteatea noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • pakitara noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • pakitara noun (defamatory talk)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • skandale noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • رذالت noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • رذالت noun (damage to one's reputation)
  • رذالت noun (widespread moral outrage)

Pashto

1 entries
  • رسوايي noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Polish

4 entries
  • afera noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • awantura noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • draka noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • hańba noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • escândalo noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Romanian

1 entries
  • scandal noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Russian

4 entries
  • злосло́вие noun (defamatory talk)
  • сканда́л noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • сканда́л noun (damage to one's reputation)
  • сканда́л noun (widespread moral outrage)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • skàndāl noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • sȁblāzan noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • са̏бла̄зан noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • ска̀нда̄л noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Slovak

1 entries
  • škandál noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Slovene

1 entries
  • škandal noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Spanish

1 entries
  • escándalo noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kashfa noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Swedish

1 entries
  • skandal noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • alingasngas noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • eskandalo noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Tajik

3 entries
  • расвоӣ noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • шармандагӣ noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • ҷанҷол noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Thai

1 entries
  • เรื่องอื้อฉาว noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Turkish

4 entries
  • dedikodu noun (defamatory talk)
  • rezalet noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • rezillik noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • skandal noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • сканда́л noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Urdu

2 entries
  • اِسْکَینْڈَل noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • گھوٹالا noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • janjal noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • vụ bê bối noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • vụ tai tiếng noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • אַוואַנטורע noun (incident that brings disgrace)
  • סקאַנדאַל noun (incident that brings disgrace)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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A banking scandal is sweeping across Capitol Hill.

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The papers found lots of monkey business when they investigated the Recruit scandal.

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The political scandal was brought to light by two journalists.

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The scandal separated him from his friend.

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