scandalize
verb
scan·dal·ize
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scandalized;
scandalizing
Definition of scandalize
1
archaic
: to speak falsely or maliciously of
2
archaic
: to bring into reproach
3
: to offend the moral sense of : shock
she was scandalized by his behavior
Examples of scandalize in a Sentence
She was scandalized by her son's behavior.
Recent Examples on the Web
Kylie has never done her makeup intoxicated, and Khloe is scandalized. — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, "Actually, Watching Kylie Jenner & Khloé Kardashian Get Drunk and Try to Do Makeup Is Hilarious," 9 Aug. 2019 One town where Schiele took up residence was so scandalized by the artist’s reported practice of enlisting teenagers to model for him that its citizens drove him out. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Drawing Found in Thrift Store Turns Out to Be an Original Egon Schiele," 26 July 2019 Since then, the organization has been beset by allegations of plagiarism and scandalized by related fraud. — Matthew De Silva, Quartz, "Justin Sun postpones his lunch with Warren Buffett after falling under investigation in China," 23 July 2019 Fortunately for all the children scandalized by this brutal crime, MLB’s punishment for Cabrera was swift: a four-game suspension, as it was deemed that one of the gloves hit Eddings in the ankle, thus requiring a lengthy ban. — Jon Tayler, SI.com, "Mickey Callaway Should Have Been Fired for Reporter Confrontation," 25 June 2019 The event became scandalized, drawing attention not only from local media, including the Los Angeles Times, but even from national outlets. — Piper Mcdaniel, Los Angeles Times, "Teen’s accusations in viral valedictorian speech may have been unfounded, report says," 19 July 2019 The German press was scandalized by this use of verboten vocabulary, and as a consequence the original Taz writer and two of the paper’s editors were sacked. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, "The Death of Taboo," 27 June 2019 Its male protagonist, Mac, danced in diaphanous, see-through worker’s coveralls designed by Paul Cadmus, who had scandalized critics with overtly homoerotic work in the past. — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, "LGBT artists sent messages from the closet to survive before Stonewall. Now, homophobes are coopting the technique.," 20 June 2019 From that moment, his short, chaotic reign would scandalize Rome. — National Geographic, "The short reign of Elagabalus, Rome's hard-partying emperor," 19 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scandalize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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scandalize
verb
English Language Learners Definition of scandalize
: to shock or offend (someone) by doing something immoral or illegal
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