scandalize
verb (used with object)
to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
scandalized
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past participleof scandalize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof scandalize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
scandalizeverb (used with object)to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
Example Sentences
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Back in 1988, after a D.C. journalist obtained and published a list of movies rented by Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, a scandalized Congress passed the Video Privacy Protection Act.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
Vaughters spoke from experience: He’s a former member of Lance Armstrong’s scandalized U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
There were people who just saw it as part of the war effort, and there were people who were really, really scandalized.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026
Although I haven’t been involved in AA in over a decade and openly write about my experience in the Program, I instinctively felt sort of scandalized by how blatant the personal “anonymity breaking” was.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2025
“My grandmother Lucy says a lady doesn’t climb rocks after a certain age. She says my mother would be scandalized to think of me climbing rocks or playing kickball in my school dresses at recess!”
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
