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scandalize

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scandalize  \Scan"dal*ize\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scandalized};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Scandalizing}.]  [F.  scandaliser  L. 
  scandalizare  from  Gr  skandali`zein.] 
  1.  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 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scandalize 
  v  :  strike  with  disgust  or  revulsion;  "The  scandalous  behavior 
  of  this  married  woman  shocked  her  friends"  [syn:  {shock}, 
  {offend},  {appal},  {appall},  {outrage}]




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