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scan⋅dal⋅ize

  [skan-dl-ahyz]
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–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')   
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

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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Language Translation for : scandalize
Spanish: escandalizar,
German: schockieren,
Japanese: あきれさせる
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