scandalize
verb (used with object)
to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
scandalization
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a word derived from
scandalize.
Example Sentences
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In the midst of the excitement of the family the scandalization of Úrsula, the joy of the people cramming the street to watch that apotheosis of squandering.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Bankruptcy, bereavement, scandalization, and eruptive disease so irritating that he had to re-enforce his ten finger-nails with pieces of earthenware to scratch himself withal.
From New Tabernacle Sermons by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
To the infinite scandalization of the Parish—no one but "Bertrand the Lay Reader" drove a buggy with red wheels!—Fleet steps sounded suddenly on the path!
From Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
