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    SCANDALIZE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they scandalize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it scandalizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: scandalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: scandalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: scandalizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Strike with disgust or revulsionplay

    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 "scandalize" 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

    Sentence examples:

    The bad news will scandalize him

    The performance is likely to scandalize Sue


    Derivation:

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

    scandal (a disgraceful event)

    scandalization (the act of scandalizing)

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