SCANDAL

vt to scandalize; to offend.

2. scandal ·noun reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously.

3. scandal ·noun offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace.

4. scandal ·vt to treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander.

5. scandal ·noun anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners.