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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Vaughters spoke from experience: He’s a former member of Lance Armstrong’s scandalized U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
That moment was his public debut, and it scandalized the people who heard it.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Part hobo, part insult comic, part performance artist, Diogenes flaunted his disregard for convention in ways that scandalized the bourgeoisie of Athens and, later, Corinth, after his banishment from Sinope became permanent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
This is how invisibility operates: Things that scandalized us four months ago fail to penetrate today.
From Slate ● May 21, 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
