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SCANDALISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strike with disgust or revulsion

Example:

The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends

Synonyms:

appal; appall; offend; outrage; scandalise; scandalize; shock

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "scandalise" is one way to...):

churn up; disgust; nauseate; revolt; sicken (cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

scandal (disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people)

scandal (a disgraceful event)

scandalisation (the act of scandalizing)

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