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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Because for as many people as Byrd tantalized during her legendary cable run through the ’80s and ’90s, there were just as many who were outraged and scandalized by her sex-positive, queer-inclusive values.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
From the point that his “Nude Descending a Staircase” scandalized the American art world in 1913, Duchamp’s influence on modernism was undeniable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Noem, whose husband was in the hearing room on Wednesday, acted scandalized by Kamlager-Dove’s inquiry.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2026
This is how invisibility operates: Things that scandalized us four months ago fail to penetrate today.
From Slate ● May 21, 2025
Only Hazel seemed scandalized, maybe because she was from the 1940s.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
