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SCANDALIZING
Verb
scandalizing
present participle of scandalize
Adjective
scandalizing (comparative more scandalizing, superlative most scandalizing)
Tending to cause a scandal; scandalous.
Noun
scandalizing (plural scandalizings)
scandalization
Source: Wiktionary
SCANDALIZE
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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