scandalise

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A form of scandalize — To cause great offense to (someone); to shock with something scandalous.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verbscandalise (third-person singular simple present scandalises, present participle scandalising, simple past and past participle scandalised)

present singular third person scandalises · participle present scandalising · participle past scandalised · past scandalised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of scandalize.

    He never greatly cared for the society of what are called good people. If any of these were scandalised (and offences were sure to arise), he could not help it.

    1833, [Charles Lamb], “Preface. By a Friend of the Late Elia.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page ix
    1 more example

    She was scandalised by my suggestion that she should have bought the other three seats, in order to use the table as an office space. Her solution was that I should go and sit elsewhere. Her appeal to the ticket inspector/guard was rebuffed in short order.

    2023 May 31, “Open Access: On-train table manners”, in RAIL, number 984, page 63

Synonyms & antonyms

verbstrike with disgust or revulsion

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

scandalise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scandalise

MLA

“scandalise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scandalise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scandalise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scandalise.

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