scandalizer

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noun

One who scandalizes.

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Meanings

nounscandalizer (plural scandalizers)

plural scandalizers

  1. One who scandalizes.

    ...and, happily, Lady Anne was incapable of fulfilling her own purpose, and of displaying herself, at once, as the scandalizer of the order she was proud of, and the mother who could injure and disgrace so admirable a family of daughters.

    1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 304

Origin

From scandalize + -er.

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Translations

Portuguese escandalizador, escandalizadora
  • escandalizadorone who scandalizes
  • escandalizadoraone who scandalizes
Spanish escandalizador, escandalizadora
  • escandalizadorone who scandalizes
  • escandalizadoraone who scandalizes
Cite this entry
APA

scandalizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scandalizer

MLA

“scandalizer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scandalizer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scandalizer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scandalizer.

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