scandalizing
present 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
Examplesofscandalizing
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Scandalizingthe court is an example of the first category.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The opposition reached the degree of banning the film andscandalizingit which paradoxically made it one of the landmarks in the history of film.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These cases identified the protection of public confidence in the administration of justice as the aim of the offence ofscandalizingcontempt.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Lastly, it is also assumed that public confidence in the judiciary can be preserved by the suppression ofscandalizingspeech.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thus, it isscandalizingthe court to allege that it can be swayed by external pressures and made servile to others.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The defences of justification and fair comment are not applicable to the offence ofscandalizingthe court.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One day when he spoke on total renunciation, condemning the love for transient worldly things, some of his reactionary students began to indulge inscandalizingthe verity of his speech.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Schoenbergsscandalizingconcerts 1907 and 1908.
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- jointing
- joint initiative
- joint inquiry
- joint investigation
- joint liability
- joint-liability
- jointly
- jointly and severally
- jointly-and-severally
- joint mobility
- joint operation
- joint ownership
- joint-ownership
- joint pain
- joint partnership
- joint-partnership
- joint patrols
- joint probability
- joint-probability
- joint programme
- joint project
- joint provision
- joint replacement
- joint resolution
- keep-sb-sth-away