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Definition of scandalize verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

scandalize

verb
 
/ˈskændəlaɪz/
 
/ˈskændəlaɪz/
(British English also scandalise)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scandalize
 
/ˈskændəlaɪz/
 
/ˈskændəlaɪz/
he / she / it scandalizes
 
/ˈskændəlaɪzɪz/
 
/ˈskændəlaɪzɪz/
past simple scandalized
 
/ˈskændəlaɪzd/
 
/ˈskændəlaɪzd/
past participle scandalized
 
/ˈskændəlaɪzd/
 
/ˈskændəlaɪzd/
-ing form scandalizing
 
/ˈskændəlaɪzɪŋ/
 
/ˈskændəlaɪzɪŋ/
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  1. scandalize somebody to do something that shocks people very much synonym outrage
    • She scandalized her family with her extravagant lifestyle.
    Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘make a public scandal of’): from French scandaliser or ecclesiastical Latin scandalizare, from Greek skandalizein.
See scandalize in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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