scandal

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. disgrace, infamy, shame, humiliation, stigma; defamation, slander, backbiting, calumny; gossip. See disrepute, detraction, information, news.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. shame, disgrace, embarrassment, infamy, turpitude, discredit, blot on one's escutcheon, slander, disrepute, detraction, obloquy, calumny, defamation, opprobrium, reproach, aspersion, backbiting, gossip, eavesdropping, rumor, hearsay.

Ant. praise*, adulation, flattery.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

disgrace, shocker, sin, atrocity, transgression, vice, outrage, wrongdoing, crime, infamy, *skeleton in the closet, impropriety, misconduct. ''Vice enjoyed vicariously.''— Elbert Hubbard.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The expression of injurious, malicious statements about someone: aspersion, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, defamation, denigration, detraction, slander, traducement, vilification. Law: libel. See ATTACK, CRIMES, LAW.