SCANDALISE

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 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)

Present simple: I / you / we / they scandalise    ... he / she / it scandalises   
Past simple: scandalised   
Past participle: scandalised   
-ing form: scandalising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strike with disgust or revulsion

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

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

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

Derivation:

scandal (disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people)

scandal (a disgraceful event)

scandalisation (the act of scandalizing)