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Webster 1913 Edition
Scandalize
Scan′dal-ize
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scandalized
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scandalizing
.] [F.
scandaliser
, L. scandalizare
, from Gr. σκανδαλίζειν
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scandalize
SCAN'DALIZE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To offend by some action supposed criminal.I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things?
2.
To reproach; to disgrace; to defame; as a scandalizing libeler.Definition 2024
scandalize
scandalize
English
Alternative forms
- (UK) scandalise
Verb
scandalize (third-person singular simple present scandalizes, present participle scandalizing, simple past and past participle scandalized)
- To shock someone.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
- 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.
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- To be offensive to someone.
- (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.