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[ noun ] disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

He imagined they were the kind whose tax_returns were never examined ( if they were , they were never penalized ) , whose children had no unhappy romances , whose names never knew scandal .

Related terms

gossip shock

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[ noun ] a disgraceful event

Synonyms

outrage

Used in print

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

The previous scandals , gaily diverting as they were , had only served to increase his popularity .

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