Scandalize
verb
To shock or horrify someone by breaking accepted social or moral rules.
Her liberal ideas scandalized the conservative town.
Often appears as...
- scandalize the public
- scandalize by behaviour
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Disapproving
verb
To shock or horrify someone by breaking accepted social or moral rules.
Her liberal ideas scandalized the conservative town.
Often appears as...
- scandalize the public
- scandalize by behaviour
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Scandalize may vary in effect depending on cultural norms; what scandalizes one society may be normal in another.
His casual attire scandalized the formal dinner party.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Impact
Using 'scandalize' implies a serious violation of norms, not just a small mistake or a faux pas.
The politician’s actions scandalized the nation.
Pro Tip 3/3Moral Undertones
Scandalize is often associated with actions that are morally or ethically questionable.
The artist’s provocative exhibit scandalized the church group.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Scandalize may vary in effect depending on cultural norms; what scandalizes one society may be normal in another.
His casual attire scandalized the formal dinner party.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Impact
Using 'scandalize' implies a serious violation of norms, not just a small mistake or a faux pas.
The politician’s actions scandalized the nation.
Pro Tip 3/3Moral Undertones
Scandalize is often associated with actions that are morally or ethically questionable.
The artist’s provocative exhibit scandalized the church group.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Scandalize may vary in effect depending on cultural norms; what scandalizes one society may be normal in another.
His casual attire scandalized the formal dinner party.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Impact
Using 'scandalize' implies a serious violation of norms, not just a small mistake or a faux pas.
The politician’s actions scandalized the nation.
Pro Tip 3/3Moral Undertones
Scandalize is often associated with actions that are morally or ethically questionable.
The artist’s provocative exhibit scandalized the church group.
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he was mesmerized by hundreds of people in the water, children, women, men, surfing naked. Calvinist missionaries arrive and they're scandalized by it. It becomes an illegal activity. It becomes counterculture.
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Pompeiian Sexuality PIPE...
this city has been portrayed time and again as a place of sexual freedom even debauchery there is some truth in the idea the archaeologists who came here in the 19th century were scandalized by what they found
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How surfboards connect...
he was mesmerized by hundreds of people in the water, children, women, men, surfing naked. Calvinist missionaries arrive and they're scandalized by it. It becomes an illegal activity. It becomes counterculture.
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Pompeiian Sexuality PIPE...
this city has been portrayed time and again as a place of sexual freedom even debauchery there is some truth in the idea the archaeologists who came here in the 19th century were scandalized by what they found
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Quote examples
Judith Jamison
American Dancer
My wonderful editor, Jackie Onassis, asked me to write a book that I wanted to write. I said, 'Look, it's not going to be scandalized. I'm not going to talk about anybody like a dog. I'm going to say the positiveness of my life, and talk about those who have contributed to the way I've been going, and that's that.
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Raj Kundra
I have filed multiple defamations where my wife's name is mentioned relating to any of my personal battles. It's incorrect and the media needs to realize they can't scandalize and spoil names every time just because an individual is married to a celebrity.
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Allan Gurganus
American Novelist
Sometimes the books most restrained about sex, even deeply scandalized by it, can whisper to us with the greatest hidden force. I am a huge admirer of the recently deceased, always underranked Evan S. Connell.
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Nayib Bukele
Lawmakers are scandalized when they see a soldier, but they were not scandalized when gang members entered the Legislative Assembly to negotiate the lives of Salvadorans.
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Emily Greene Balch
American Educator
Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society.
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Mink Stole
American Actress
Restless, and in desperate need of adventure, I quit my job at an insurance company to travel west with a couple of guys I smoked pot with, scandalizing my family.
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Judith Jamison
American Dancer
My wonderful editor, Jackie Onassis, asked me to write a book that I wanted to write. I said, 'Look, it's not going to be scandalized. I'm not going to talk about anybody like a dog. I'm going to say the positiveness of my life, and talk about those who have contributed to the way I've been going, and that's that.
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Raj Kundra
I have filed multiple defamations where my wife's name is mentioned relating to any of my personal battles. It's incorrect and the media needs to realize they can't scandalize and spoil names every time just because an individual is married to a celebrity.
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Allan Gurganus
American Novelist
Sometimes the books most restrained about sex, even deeply scandalized by it, can whisper to us with the greatest hidden force. I am a huge admirer of the recently deceased, always underranked Evan S. Connell.
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Nayib Bukele
Lawmakers are scandalized when they see a soldier, but they were not scandalized when gang members entered the Legislative Assembly to negotiate the lives of Salvadorans.
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Emily Greene Balch
American Educator
Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society.
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Mink Stole
American Actress
Restless, and in desperate need of adventure, I quit my job at an insurance company to travel west with a couple of guys I smoked pot with, scandalizing my family.
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