Scandalize

Definition: Scandalize

Scandalize

Verb

1. Strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends".

Date "scandalize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references)

Note: Scandalize \Scan"dal*ize\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Scandalized; present participle verb or noun Scandalizing.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Scandalize

Synonyms: appal (v), appall (v), offend (v), outrage (v), scandalise (v), shock (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disapprobation	Incur blame, excite disapprobation, scandalize, shock, revolt; get a bad name, forfeit one's good opinion, be under a cloud, come under the ferule, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Scandalize

English words defined with "scandalize": Scandalized, Scandalizing. (references)

Specialty definitions using "scandalize": SLUR. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Scandalize My Name: A Critical Review of Blacks in the Bible and Society (reference) (more book examples)
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"Scandalize" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Scandalize" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)	75%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	25%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	4	N/A

Expression using "scandalize": be scandalize at. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "scandalize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		skandalizoj, indinjoj (disgust). (various references)

Arabic		‏غيظ (anger, annoy, chafe, embitter, fret, gall, incense, infuriate, ire, irritate, madden, nettle, offend, peeve, pique, provoke, rage, resentment, rib, rile, ruffle, spite, twit, vex, wrath), ‏صدم بعمل لا أخلاقي. (various references)

Bulgarian		скандализирам, шокирам (jar, shock, stun), възмущавам (disgust, revolt), намалявам площта на. (various references)

Czech		pohoršovat. (various references)

Farsi		مفتضح کردن , تهمت ناروازدن به , رسواکردن (Decry, Dissociate, Gibbet). (various references)

French		scandaliser, indigner. (various references)

German		schockieren (horrify, shock), konsternieren (alarm, appal, dismay, puzzle), entrüsten (aggravate, anger, annoy, incense, outrage). (various references)

Greek		σκανδαλίζω (tempt). (various references)

Hungarian		megbotránkoztat (to scandalize, to shock). (various references)

Indonesian		menjijikkan (abhor, abominable, abominate, detest, detestable, disgust, disgusting, displease, execrable, insulting, loathing, odious, reprehensible, repugnant, satiate), memalukan (disgraceful, embarrassing, shameful), melanggar sopan santun. (various references)

Italian		scandalizzare (be scandalized, horrify, scandalise, shock). (various references)

Manx		scammyltey (reproach). (various references)

Pig Latin		andalizescay

Portuguese		ofender a moral, mexericar (gab, gossip, intrigue, snoop, tattle, tittle tattle), escandalizar (horrifying, offended, shock), difamar (asperse, belie, blacken, blemish, defame, detract, libel, malign, reproach, slander, smirch, speak evil of, stain, traduce, vilify), chorar (bemoan, bewail, burst into tears, cry, ding, grizzle, mewl, mourn, mule, pule, wail, weep). (various references)

Romanian		scandaliza (horrify, shock), şoca (grate, shock). (various references)

Russian		злословить (backbite, calumniate, traduce). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		smanjiti površinu jedra, skandalizovati. (various references)

Spanish		escandalizar (affray, horrify, kick up a row, make a fuss, shock). (various references)

Swedish		skandalisera. (various references)

Turkish		utandırmak (abash, bring disgrace on smb., confound, disgrace, embarrass, humiliate, make smb. feel small, mortify, put smb. to confusion, put smb. to shame, put to the blush, shame, wither), rezalet çıkarmak (cause a scandal, horrify, make a scene), mahçup etmek (bring into contempt, make smb. feel small, overwhelm, put smb. to confusion, put smb. to shame, shame), karalamak (bedaub, besmear, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot out, breathe upon, calumniate, chalk out, dash, dash down, dash off, denigrate, doodle, draw, line through, pollute, rule smth. out, score out, scrabble, scratch, scribble, scribble down, smudge, smut, strike through), iftira etmek (asperse, back bite, backbite, be defamatory of smb., bespatter, calumniate, cast a slur on, cast the blame, defame, denigrate, malign, put a slur on, slander, smut, speak evil of, traduce, vilify). (various references)

Ukranian		розпускати плітки (gossip, talk, tattle, tittle tattle), ганьбити (abuse, animadvert, asperse, attaint, besmirch, blaspheme, defame, disgrace, inveigh, reproach, shame, soil, spot, stain, tarnish, tongue, vilify, vituperate, wrong), обурювати (disdain). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	scandalizabantur, scandalizabimini, scandalizabitur, scandalizabuntur, scandalizastis, scandalizat, scandalizati, scandalizatur, scandalizatus, scandalizaverit, scandalizemus, scandalizeris, scandalizet. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "scandalize": scandalized, scandalizes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Scandalize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scandalis, scandaloso, skandalize. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "scandalize" (pronounced ska"ndulī'z)
7	-a" n d u l ī' z	vandalize.
5	-d u l ī' z	idolize.
4	-u l ī' z	actualize, alkalies, analyze, annualize, brutalize, cannibalize, capitalize, caramelize, catalyze, centralize, civilize, collateralize, commercialize, compartmentalize, criminalize, crystallize, decentralize, deinstitutionalize, demobilize, demoralize, denationalize, departmentalize, depersonalize, destabilize, editorialize, equalize, evangelize, federalize, fertilize, fictionalize, finalize, formalize, fossilize, generalize, globalize, hospitalize, hydrolyze, industrialize, internalize, internationalize, legalize, liberalize, localize, marginalize, materialize, memorialize, metabolize, mineralize, mobilize, monopolize, moralize, nationalize, naturalize, neutralize, normalize, paralyze, penalize, personalize, professionalize, radicalize, rationalize, recapitalize, regionalize, renationalize, revitalize, serialize, socialize, specialize, stabilize, sterilize, symbolize, tantalize, tranquilize, trivialize, underutilize, utilize, verbalize, visualize.
3	-l ī' z	butterflies, creolize, fireflies, gadflies, idealize, multiplies, realize, stylize.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-l-n-s-z"
	-1 letter: canalised, canalized, canalizes, nasalized.
	-2 letters: alcaides, cadenzas, canalise, canalize, candelas, nasalize, zenaidas.
	-3 letters: acedias, alcades, alcaide, anlaces, cadenza, calends, canaled, candela, candies, candles, decanal, denials, dezincs, incased, inlaced, inlaces, naiades, sanicle, scalade, scaleni, scandal, scandia, snailed, zenaida.
	-4 letters: acedia, aecial, aisled, alands, alcade, alcids, aliens, alined, alines, anlace, ascend, azides, azines, calesa, canals, candle, canids, casein, clades, cleans, clines, dalasi, dances, deasil, decals, denial, dezinc, dizens, elains, elands, ideals, incase, inlace, island, ladens, ladies, lanais, lanced, lances, lazied, lazies, lianas, lianes, linacs, naiads, nailed, naleds, nasial, nicads, sailed, sained, salina, saline, sandal, scaled, sendal, silane, sliced, zanies, zinced.
	-5 letters: acids, acned, acnes, adzes, aecia, aides, ailed, aisle, aland, alane, alans, alcid, alecs, alias, alien, aline, anile, anils, anise, anlas, ansae, asdic, aside, azans, azide, azine, cades, cadis, caids, cains, canal, caned, canes, canid, cased, cedis, ceils, cines, clade, clads, clans, clean, cline, daces, dales, dance, dazes, deals, deans, decal, deils, delis, dials, dices, dines, dizen, elain, eland, elans, ideal, ideas, idles, ileac, isled, laced, laces, laden, lades, laics, lanai, lance, lands, lanes, lased, lazed, lazes, leads, leans, lends, lenis, liana, liane, liens, linac, lined, lines, nadas, naiad, nails, naled, nasal, nazis, nicad, nidal, nides, saice, salad, salic, saned, scald, scale, scena, scend, sedan, sidle, since, sized, slain, slice, slide, snail, snide, zeals, zeins, zincs.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-l-n-s-z"
	+1 letter: scandalized, scandalizes.
	+3 letters: desacralizing.
	+5 letters: decasualization, decimalizations, delocalizations, desacralization.
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