Scandalize

Quick meaning: Scandalize is a verb meaning (transitive) To cause great offense to (someone).

Meaning

(transitive) To cause great offense to (someone).

More Meanings

1. (transitive, archaic) To reproach.
2. (transitive, archaic) To disgrace.
3. (transitive, archaic) To libel.
4. (nautical) To reduce the area and efficiency of a sail by expedient means (e.g. slacking the peak and tricing up the tack) without properly reefing, thus slowing boat speed.

Example Sentences

Thou scandalizest me and irritatest my nature as much as it possibly can be irritated.

The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.]

Woe to thee who art often wandering abroad, and spendest thy time unprofitably, and scandalizest others.

When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.

Word Forms

• scandalizes
• scandalizing
• scandalized
• scandalise

Synonyms for scandalize

Depending on context, synonyms include appall, outrage, shock, appal, offend.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include outrage, offend, appall, shock, appal, dump.

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