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SCANDALISE

Dictionary entry overview: What does scandalise mean?

• SCANDALISE (verb)
The verb SCANDALISE has 1 sense:

1. strike with disgust or revulsion

Familiarity information: SCANDALISE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SCANDALISE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Strike with disgust or revulsion

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

appal; appall; outrage; scandalise; scandalize; shock; offend

Context example:

The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends

Hypernyms (to "scandalise" 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

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