Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scandal \Scan"dal\, v. t.
   1. To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce;
      to slander. [R.]

            I do fawn on men and hug them hard And after scandal
            them.                                 --Shak.

   2. To scandalize; to offend. [Obs.] --Bp. Story.

   Syn: To defame; traduce; reproach; slander; calumniate;
        asperse; vilify; disgrace.

Source : WordNet®

scandal
     n 1: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
          [syn: {dirt}, {malicious gossip}]
     2: a disgraceful event [syn: {outrage}]