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Scandalize   /skˈændəlˌaɪz/   Listen
verb
Scandalize  v. t.  (past & past part. scandalized; pres. part. scandalizing)  
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." "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."
2.
To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander. "To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order."






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"Scandalize" Quotes from Famous Books



... detain you with a long Encomiastic song On his own superior wit; But being abused and accused, And attacked of late As a foe of the State, He makes an appeal in his proper defense, To your voluble humor and temper and sense, With the following plea: Namely, that he Never attempted or ever meant To scandalize In any wise Your mighty imperial government. Moreover he says, That in various ways He presumes to have merited honor and praise; Exhorting you still to stick to your rights, And no more to be fooled with rhetorical flights; Such ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 2 • Charles Dudley Warner

... doesn't come again," replied the girl, with a smile, "I'll scandalize the dear old man nearly to death by going and calling ...
— White Ashes • Sidney R. Kennedy and Alden C. Noble

... seat the family and friends in comfort; but when they mentioned this to Mrs. Bates, she delivered an ultimatum on the instant: "You'll do no such thing!" she cried. "Pa never went to that church living; I'll not sanction his being carried there feet first, when he's helpless. And we'll not scandalize the neighbours by fighting over money on Sunday, either. You'll all come Monday morning, if you want anything to say about this. If you don't, I'll put through the business in short order. I'm sick to my soul of the whole thing. I'll ...
— A Daughter of the Land • Gene Stratton-Porter



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