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scan·dal·ize

(skăn′dl-īz′)

tr.v. scan·dal·ized, scan·dal·iz·ing, scan·dal·iz·es

1. To offend the moral sensibilities of: a lurid incident that scandalized the whole town.

2. Archaic To dishonor; disgrace.

scan′dal·i·za′tion (-ĭ-zā′shən) n.

scan′dal·iz′er n.

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scandalize

(ˈskændəˌlaɪz) or

scandalise

(tr) to shock, as by improper behaviour

ˌscandaliˈzation, ˌscandaliˈsation n

ˈscandalˌizer, ˈscandalˌiser n

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scan•dal•ize

(ˈskæn dlˌaɪz)

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.

to shock or horrify by something scandalous.

[1480–90]

scandalize

Past participle: scandalized
Gerund: scandalizing

Imperative
scandalize
scandalize

Present
I scandalize
you scandalize
he/she/it scandalizes
we scandalize
you scandalize
they scandalize

Preterite
I scandalized
you scandalized
he/she/it scandalized
we scandalized
you scandalized
they scandalized

Present Continuous
I am scandalizing
you are scandalizing
he/she/it is scandalizing
we are scandalizing
you are scandalizing
they are scandalizing

Present Perfect
I have scandalized
you have scandalized
he/she/it has scandalized
we have scandalized
you have scandalized
they have scandalized

Past Continuous
I was scandalizing
you were scandalizing
he/she/it was scandalizing
we were scandalizing
you were scandalizing
they were scandalizing

Past Perfect
I had scandalized
you had scandalized
he/she/it had scandalized
we had scandalized
you had scandalized
they had scandalized

Future
I will scandalize
you will scandalize
he/she/it will scandalize
we will scandalize
you will scandalize
they will scandalize

Future Perfect
I will have scandalized
you will have scandalized
he/she/it will have scandalized
we will have scandalized
you will have scandalized
they will have scandalized

Future Continuous
I will be scandalizing
you will be scandalizing
he/she/it will be scandalizing
we will be scandalizing
you will be scandalizing
they will be scandalizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scandalizing
you have been scandalizing
he/she/it has been scandalizing
we have been scandalizing
you have been scandalizing
they have been scandalizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scandalizing
you will have been scandalizing
he/she/it will have been scandalizing
we will have been scandalizing
you will have been scandalizing
they will have been scandalizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scandalizing
you had been scandalizing
he/she/it had been scandalizing
we had been scandalizing
you had been scandalizing
they had been scandalizing

Conditional
I would scandalize
you would scandalize
he/she/it would scandalize
we would scandalize
you would scandalize
they would scandalize

Past Conditional
I would have scandalized
you would have scandalized
he/she/it would have scandalized
we would have scandalized
you would have scandalized
they would have scandalized

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Verb

scandalize - strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"

appal, appall, outrage, scandalise, shock, offend

churn up, sicken, disgust, nauseate, revolt - cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"

scandalize

verb shock, outrage, appal, disgust, offend, horrify, affront, raise eyebrows amongst, cause a few raised eyebrows amongst (informal) She scandalized her family by falling in love with a married man.

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scandalize

verb

To affect with a strong feeling of moral aversion:

shock.

Translations

pohoršit

forarge

escandalizar

scandaliser

megbotránkoztat

hneyksla

scandalizzare

pohoršiť

dehşete düşürmek

scandalize

[ˈskændəlaɪz] VT → escandalizar
she was scandalized → se escandalizó

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

scandalize

[ˈskændəlaɪz] vt → scandaliser, indigner

scandalize

vt → schockieren; she was scandalized → sie war entrüstet or empört (→ by über +acc)

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scandalize

[ˈskændəˌlaɪz] vt → scandalizzare

scandal

(ˈskӕndl) noun

1. something that is considered shocking or disgraceful. The price of such food is a scandal.

2. an outburst of public indignation caused by something shocking or disgraceful. Her love affair caused a great scandal amongst the neighbours; They kept the matter secret, in order to avoid a scandal.

3. gossip. all the latest scandal.

ˈscandalize, ˈscandalise verb

to shock or horrify. Their behaviour used to scandalize the neighbours.

ˈscandalous adjective

1. shocking or disgraceful.

2. (of stories etc) containing scandal.

ˈscandalously adverb

in a disgraceful way.

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'The contemnor in his two speeches not only abused the judges of this court but has scandalised the court and did everything to bring the court into hatred, ridicule and contempt, which is substantially detrimental to the administration of justice and scandalises the court and tends to bring the court and judges of the court into hatred and ridicule,' the judgement said.

SC axe falls on another PML-N leader

'The alleged contemnor in his two speeches has not only abused the judges of this court but also has scandalised the court and did everything to bring the court into hatred, ridicule and contempt, which is substantially detrimental to the administration of justice and scandalises the court and tends to bring the court and judges of the court into hatred and ridicule,' it added.

SC disqualifies Talal too

Under Contempt of Courts Act, publication of any matter or the doing of any act whatsoever which scandalises or tends to scandalise or lowers or tends to lower the authority of, any court" amounts to contempt.