scan·dal·ize /ˈskændəˌlaɪz/
(vt.)使生反感,使震驚,誹謗
Scan·dal·ize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scandalized p. pr. & vb. n. Scandalizing ]
1. To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon.
I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things. --Hooker.
The congregation looked on in silence, the better class scandalized, and the lower orders, some laughing, others backing the soldier or the minister, as their fancy dictated. --Sir W. Scott.
2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order. --Sir W. Scott.
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scandalize
v : strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior
of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: shock,
offend, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage]