scandalize

[ skan-dl-ahyz ]

/ ˈskæn dlˌaɪz /

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verb (used with object), scan·dal·ized, scan·dal·iz·ing.

to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.

Nautical. to spill the wind from or reduce the exposed area of (a sail) in an unusual manner.

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Also especially British, scan·dal·ise .

Origin of scandalize

1480–90; <Late Latin scandalizāre<Late Greek skandalízein.See scandal, -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM scandalize

scan·dal·i·za·tion, nounscan·dal·iz·er, nounun·scan·dal·ized, adjective

Words nearby scandalize

scamster, scamto, scan, Scand, scandal, scandalize, scandalmonger, scandalous, scandal sheet, Scandaroon, scandent

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How to use scandalize in a sentence

Their love story is the focus of “Bridgerton’s” first season, as narrated by Lady Whistledown, the anonymous author whose gossip columns scandalize 19th-century British high society.
12 female-forward TV shows to fill the ‘Younger’- and ‘Bold Type’-shaped hole in your heart|Inkoo Kang, Sonia Rao, Bethonie Butler|July 9, 2021|Washington Post
One narrative was that Brooks was scandalizing the idea of “real” country music because he incorporated rock music into tracks like “Papa Loved Mama” and covered Aerosmith.
Everyone wants Garth Brooks on their side. He just wants everyone to get along.|Emily Yahr|May 13, 2021|Washington Post
And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
They had learned to play there like two well-brought-up children, in pantomime, so as not to scandalize pious countryfolk.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson

To propose to bury a dog in the historic churchyard would scandalize the city.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson
Yet I cannot believe, but the meanness of my habit must needs scandalize you.
Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18)|John Dryden
If she stayed another moment she knew she should inevitably say something that would scandalize Madeleine.
Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3)|Mary Cholmondeley

British Dictionary definitions for scandalize

scandalize

scandalise

/ (ˈskændəˌlaɪz) /

verb

(tr) to shock, as by improper behaviour

Derived forms of scandalize

scandalization or scandalisation, nounscandalizer or scandaliser, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for scandalize

scandalise

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