Antonyms for scandalize

Grammar : Verb

Spell : skan-dl-ahyz

Phonetic Transcription : ˈskæn dlˌaɪz

Definition of scandalize

Origin : late 15c., from Middle French scandaliser (12c.), from Church Latin scandalizare, from late Greek skandalizein "to make to stumble; tempt; give offense to (someone)," from skandalon (see scandal). Originally "make a public scandal of;" sense of "shock by doing something improper" first recorded 1640s. Dryden and Shakespeare use simple scandal as a verb. Related: Scandalized; scandalizing; scandalization.

verb calumniate
verb disgrace

Example sentences :

Come inside this minute, before you scandalize my neighbors, she exclaimed.
Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various

But is it not creating a disturbance to scandalize all good Christians?
Extract from : « An Eagle Flight » by Jos Rizal

Ma heart's no' so saft as to permit a bit dog to scandalize the deid.
Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson

He chuckled beside me and, as if only to scandalize me, let his tongue run wilder yet.
Extract from : « The Trawler » by James Brendan Connolly

By omission of duties, and by silence: by all these ways you may scandalize.
Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 4 of 4) » by Richard Baxter

These are strange profanations, which scandalize even the least devout.
Extract from : « The Wandering Jew, Complete » by Eugene Sue

But, in addition, to scandalize me before the world––oh, how could you?
Extract from : « Carmen Ariza » by Charles Francis Stocking

The others are too dissolute, and scandalize me by their love affairs and their quarrels.
Extract from : « Marguerite de Valois » by Alexandre Dumas

This saying ought not to scandalize even the most devout theist.
Extract from : « Tragic Sense Of Life » by Miguel de Unamuno

If they yelp much longer at my heels, I'll scandalize them in good earnest!
Extract from : « Audrey » by Mary Johnston

Synonyms for scandalize

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