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scandalizing |
1 definition 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.
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