'Scandalize' definitions:

Definition of 'scandalize'

From: WordNet
verb
Strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage]

Definition of 'Scandalize'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander. [1913 Webster]
  • To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

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