scandalize1
/ˈskand(ə)lʌɪz
/(also scandalise)
verb [with object]
Shock or horrify (someone) by a real or imagined violation of propriety or morality: their lack of manners scandalized their hosts...
- Australia's continuing loss of defence capability would scandalise the Australian people if the whole truth were to be revealed.
- When I came to pick up the order, I was scandalized by the seemingly outrageous price and refused to accept them.
- One of my earliest convictions in becoming Catholic is that the Faith scandalizes us (different people in different ways) and that the scandal is a judgment on us, not on the Faith.
Synonyms
shock, appal, outrage, horrify, disgust, revolt, repel, sicken, nauseate;
offend, give offence to, affront, insult, cause raised eyebrows
Origin
Late 15th century (in the sense 'make a public scandal of'): from French scandaliser or ecclesiastical Latin scandalizare, from Greek skandalizein.
scandalize2
/ˈskand(ə)lʌɪz/(also scandalise)
verb [with object] Sailing
Reduce the area of (a sail) by lowering the head or raising the boom.
Origin
Mid 19th century: alteration of obsolete scantelize, from scantle 'make small'.