scandalize

Verb
Synonyms: shockoffendscandaliseappalappalloutrage

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  1. strike with disgust or revulsion“The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends”Synonyms: shockoffendscandaliseappalappalloutrage
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things.— Hooker.[1913 Webster]
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.[1913 Webster]

2.To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander. [1913 Webster]

To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]
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