Word Type

Noun

Verb

Phrase

The word "scandal" can be used as noun, verb and phrase.

Word Relationships

Causes Desire

go public

Coordinate Terms

transmissible cancer

Dbpedia Genre

pop rock

Derived Terms

Russian scandal nonscandal postscandal prescandal scandal bag scandal of particularity scandal sheet scandal-plagued scandal-ridden scandalette scandalise scandalism scandalize scandalmonger scandalous scandalproof scandalsome

Etymologically Related To

shand shend

Context

theology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

comment gossip scuttlebutt trouble

Instance Of

extended play

Type Of (IsA)

album gossip trouble

Related Terms

damage decency defame discredit disgrace gossip incident indignation involved offend offense opprobrious organization outrage person reputation scandalize slander

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.