SCANDALIZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does scandalize mean? • SCANDALIZE (verb)
The verb SCANDALIZE has 1 sense:
1. strike with disgust or revulsion
Familiarity information: SCANDALIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SCANDALIZE (verb)
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 "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
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