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SCANDALIZE
shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
(verb) strike with disgust or revulsion; “The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
scandalize (third-person singular simple present scandalizes, present participle scandalizing, simple past and past participle scandalized)
(transitive) To cause great offense to (someone).
(transitive) To reproach.
(transitive) To disgrace.
(transitive) To libel.
Etymology 2
Verb
scandalize (third-person singular simple present scandalizes, present participle scandalizing, simple past and past participle scandalized)
(nautical) To reduce the area and efficiency of a sail by expedient means (e.g. slacking the peak and tricing up the tack) without properly reefing, thus slowing boat speed.
Source: Wiktionary
Scan"dal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scandalized (; p. pr. & vb. n. Scandalizing (.] Etym: [F. scandaliser, L. scandalizare, from Gr. skandali`zein.]
1. To offend the feelings of 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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