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

283 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

S

to sicken

vsto scandalize

32 4.3

Make someone feel disgusted or shocked by bad actions

causes shock by immoral or improper behaviour rather than mere disgust

O

to outrage

vsto scandalize

13 3.9

Make people feel very angry and shocked

shocks due to immoral or improper behaviour rather than only anger

S

to spark outrage

vsto scandalize

7 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

372 1.0

To make someone happy or satisfied

How Offended

to horrify

13 4.3

to appall

6 5.5

to shock

208 2.1

to scandalize

11 7.0

to offend

283 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology