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单词 scandalize
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scandalizeverb [ T often passive ]

UK usually scandalise uk/ˈskæn.dəl.aɪz/us/ˈskæn.dəl.aɪz/

If you are scandalized by someone's behaviour, you disapprove of it and are shocked by it because you think it is against moral laws:

The whole community was scandalized by her second marriage.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Making people sad, shocked and upset

  • aback
  • amiss
  • appal
  • be laughing on the other side of your face idiom
  • bite
  • burn
  • haunt
  • hit/touch a (raw) nerve idiom
  • horrify
  • hurt sb's feelings idiom
  • hurtful
  • laugh
  • mess
  • nose
  • shake
  • tear sb apart
  • tear sb's heart out idiom
  • torture
  • traumatize
  • twist/turn the knife (in the wound) idiom

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scandalizeverb [ T ]

us/ˈskæn·dəlˌɑɪz/

to shock someone with an action or opinion thought of as immoral or wrong:

His novel scandalized readers with his description of Washington power brokers.
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