scandalized
past simple and past participle ofscandalize
scandalize
verb[Toften passive]
(UKusuallyscandalise)uk/ˈskæn.dəl.aɪz/us/ˈskæn.dəl.aɪz/If you are scandalized by someone'sbehaviour, youdisapproveof it and areshockedby it because youthinkit is againstmorallaws:
Thewholecommunitywas scandalized by her secondmarriage.
Synonyms
appalUK
offend
outrage
shock
Making people sad, shocked and upset
- aback
- amiss
- appal
- be laughing on the other side ofyourfaceidiom
- bite
- haunt
- heartbreaker
- heartbreakingly
- hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom
- horrify
- mess
- nose
- sensitivity
- shake
- shakesomeoneup
- shake/rocksomethingtoitsfoundationsidiom
- shattering
- shocker
- sorrow
- tear
Examplesofscandalized
scandalized
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
If the public isscandalizedby a social problem, the media may demand that penalties be raised.
From theCambridge English Corpus
At the time, this image was received favourably, often by those very people who werescandalizedby the extent of the scandals uncovered after 1992.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He hid from his neighbors the cutting that would havescandalizedthem.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Those whoscandalizedthe public were condemned to perform a public penance to deter others from committing such intemperances.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They could be twoscandalizedwomen in conversation or, just as likely, two men at a club titillating themselves with lewd thoughts.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The child discarded the paper in the playground, where it was picked up by a junior mistress, whoscandalized, took it to the headmaster.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Nasiru isscandalizedby the wife's behaviour, which had led him to this error.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When a theatre audience isscandalizedby a performance, it often enacts its protest in a highly theatrical way, using catcalls, walkouts, and even fists to express its disapproval.
From theCambridge English Corpus
That may raise a conflict between freedom of research and other social values, but no-one should bescandalized.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Such stories were rife among the people, whose sense of justice had beenscandalizedby the whole affair.
From
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But it is only gross, highly visible, undeniable violence that evokes thisscandalizedreaction.
FromThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He soon became the lover of a local woman, an affair which reportedly caused his father to declare himselfscandalized.
FromThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some communist leaders werescandalizedby the relationship once it became public.
FromThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many of the guests arescandalizedbecause she had the nerve to dance with him.
FromThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Much to the surrealists' satisfaction the exhibitionscandalizedthe viewers.
FromThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
- landlocked
- landlocked country
- landlocked salmon
- landlord
- landlubber
- land mammal
- land mammal
- land management
- landmark
- landmark birthday
- landmark-birthday
- landmark case
- landmark case
- landmark decision
- landmark decision
- landmarked building
- landmarked-building
- landmark event
- landmark event
- landmark legislation
- landmark status
- landmark status
- landmark study
- landmark study
- landmass