scandalize
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.
Origin of scandalize
1- Also especially British, scan·dal·ise .
Other words from scandalize
- scan·dal·i·za·tion, noun
- scan·dal·iz·er, noun
- un·scan·dal·ized, adjective
Words Nearby scandalize
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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 PostOne 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 PostAnd if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThey had learned to play there like two well-brought-up children, in pantomime, so as not to scandalize pious countryfolk.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonTo 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 DrydenIf 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
scandalise
/ (ˈskændəˌlaɪz) /
(tr) to shock, as by improper behaviour
Derived forms of scandalize
- scandalization or scandalisation, noun
- scandalizer or scandaliser, noun
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