Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To offend the moral sensibilities of.
- transitive verb Archaic To dishonor; disgrace.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To offend by some action considered very wrong or outrageous; shock; give offense to: as, to be scandalized at a person's conduct.
- To disgrace; bring disgrace on.
- To libel; defame; asperse; slander.
- Also spelled
scandalise . - Nautical, to trice up the tack of the spanker or mizzen in a square-rigged vessel, or the mainsail in a fore-and-aft rigged vessel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb 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.
- transitive verb To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
shock someone. - verb To be
offensive to someone.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb strike with disgust or revulsion
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Examples
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Government norms prevent us from showing anything which might "scandalize" people too much.
How Much of the Reality Show is Scripted? Compiled by Abhishek Raghunath 2010
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Government norms prevent us from showing anything which might "scandalize" people too much.
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To dream of blood is a sign that some one will "scandalize" you.
Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk William Wells Newell 1873
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Free-speech blogger Ezra Levant has accused anti-hate activist Richard Warman of exploiting court processes to publicly "scandalize" him with "wholly irrelevant" allegations, and to discourage his "public service journalism" against human rights commissions.
Comments for Jack's Newswatch YouTube 2010
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It has ceased to scandalize me, though it has not ceased to amaze me, that Almighty God suffers me to touch him, move him and eat him!
Liturgy 2009
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It didn't scandalize me then, nor did "Nightline" scandalize me last week.
Going to the Source of the Christopher West Controversy 2009
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I would be happy to let them use it for their thirst, or to cool of, or — and scandalize the neighborhood by doing so!?
The Volokh Conspiracy » School Board Violating California Law? 2010
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It has ceased to scandalize me, though it has not ceased to amaze me, that Almighty God suffers me to touch him, move him and eat him!
Protestantism 2009
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I would be happy to let them use it for their thirst, or to cool of, or — and scandalize the neighborhood by doing so!?
The Volokh Conspiracy » School Board Violating California Law? 2010
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Back when they were talking about building the OHSU aerial tram [rim shot], the neighbors along the route threatened to hold summertime backyard nudist parties to scandalize the tram riders.
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