to scandalize

Examples

• All

• When Margy told her, Karen widened her round eyes, looked slightly scandalized, and disappeared.

  Fiction book (1995)

• You're supposed to know better than to scandalize the whole town.

  Jezebel (1938)

• - Oh, no, who did I scandalize now?

  The Misadventures of Mistress Maneater (2020)

• - What, and scandalize the whole neighborhood?

  The Lodger (1944)

• You are scandalized by my choices.

  Claire of the Moon (1992)

• "Do you think this is the sort of thing that scandalizes them?" she asks.

  Fiction book (1996)

• I'm just a little scandalized is all.

  The Vow (2012)

• Wolf Behaim occasionally wrote to his family that he was scandalized by his brother's behavior in public.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The people are scandalized.

  The Big Fisherman (1959)

• Peter, I'm scandalized.

  Action Jackson (1988)

Synonyms

O

to offend

vsto scandalize

524 2.8

Cause a person to feel hurt, upset and angry because of your words or actions

shocks by immoral or improper behaviour with stronger moral judgment

O

to outrage

vsto scandalize

143 3.9

Make people feel very angry and shocked

shocks due to immoral or improper behaviour rather than only anger

S

to sicken

vsto scandalize

27 4.3

Make someone feel disgusted or shocked by bad actions

causes shock by immoral or improper behaviour rather than mere disgust

S

to spark outrage

vsto scandalize

4 5.8

Make many people very angry

shocks individuals through immoral behaviour rather than causing mass anger

I

to inflame public opinion

vsto scandalize

• Literature

1 7.7

To make many people feel angry or shocked about something

targets private moral shock at individuals rather than public opinion change

Antonyms

P

to please

216 1.0

To make someone happy or satisfied

How Offended

to horrify

90 4.3

to appall

64 5.5

to shock

202 2.1

to scandalize

12 7.0

to offend

524 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology