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SCANDALIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they scandalize ... he / she / it scandalizes
Past simple: scandalized
Past participle: scandalized
-ing form: scandalizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strike with disgust or revulsion
Example:
The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
Synonyms:
appal; appall; offend; outrage; scandalise; scandalize; shock
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "scandalize" is one way to...):
churn up; disgust; nauseate; revolt; sicken (cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The bad news will scandalize him
The performance is likely to scandalize Sue
Derivation:
scandal (disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people)
scandal (a disgraceful event)
scandalization (the act of scandalizing)
