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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
scan·dal·ize       [skan-dl-ahyz] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
1.to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
2.Nautical. to spill the wind from or reduce the exposed area of (a sail) in an unusual manner.
Also, especially British, scan·dal·ise.

[Origin: 1480–90; < LL scandalizāre < LGk skandalízein. See scandal, -ize]

—Related forms
scan·dal·i·za·tion, noun
scan·dal·iz·er, noun
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scan·dal·ize       (skān'dl-īz')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   scan·dal·ized, scan·dal·iz·ing, scan·dal·iz·es
  1. To offend the moral sensibilities of: a lurid incident that scandalized the whole town.
  2. Archaic To dishonor; disgrace.

scan'dal·i·za'tion (-ĭ-zā'shən) n., scan'dal·iz'er n.
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scandalize

verb
strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: shock] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Scandalize

Scan"dal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scandalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Scandalizing.] [F. scandaliser, L. scandalizare, from Gr. skandali`zein.]

1. To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon.

I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things. --Hooker.

The congregation looked on in silence, the better class scandalized, and the lower orders, some laughing, others backing the soldier or the minister, as their fancy dictated. --Sir W. Scott.

2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.

To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order. --Sir W. Scott.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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