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scandalize1

Syllabification: (scan·dal·ize)
Pronunciation: /ˈskandlˌīz/

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Definition of scandalize

verb

[with object]
  • 1shock or horrify (someone) by a real or imagined violation of propriety or morality:their lack of manners scandalized their hosts
  • 2 Sailing reduce the area of (a fore-and-aft sail) by lowering the head or raising the boom.
    [ mid 19th century: alteration of obsolete scantelize, from scantle 'make small']

Derivatives

scandalization

Pronunciation: /ˌskandl-əˈzāSHən/

noun

scandalizer

noun

Origin:

late 15th century (in the sense 'make a public scandal of'): from French scandaliser or ecclesiastical Latin scandalizare, from Greek skandalizein

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