Definition

Verb (transitive): 1. To cause someone to feel intense shock, outrage, or moral disapproval by an action or behavior perceived as disgraceful, immoral, or improper. The verb describes the act of offending someone's sense of propriety or morality.

Usage

The verb "scandalise" is used when describing an action or event that provokes a strong, negative reaction of shock and moral condemnation in others. It implies that the subject's behavior violates accepted social or ethical standards. - It is typically followed by a direct object (the person or group who is shocked). - It is often used in passive constructions (e.g., "to be scandalised by...").

Examples

• The politician's blatant corruption scandalised the entire nation.
• Her decision to live openly with her partner scandalised her conservative family.
• Many were scandalised by the explicit content of the novel when it was first published.
• The revelation of the financial fraud scandalised the company's investors.

Advanced Usage

• To be easily scandalised: To be prone to taking offense or feeling shock at minor breaches of convention.
• A scandalising revelation: A piece of information that causes widespread shock and outrage.

Variants and Related Words

• Scandal (noun): An action or event that causes public outrage or disgrace.
• Scandalous (adjective): Causing scandal; shockingly unacceptable or disgraceful.
• Scandalised (adjective): Feeling or showing shock and moral outrage.

Synonyms

• Shock: To cause a feeling of surprise and distress.
• Outrage: To arouse fierce anger, shock, or indignation.
• Appal (Appall): To greatly dismay or horrify.
• Horrify: To fill with terror or dread; to shock greatly.

Antonyms

• Please: To cause satisfaction or enjoyment.
• Delight: To please someone greatly.
• Approve: To have a favorable opinion of; to accept as satisfactory.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• To cause a scandal: To do something that results in public outrage.
• A scandal to behold: Something that is remarkably shocking or disgraceful.

Verb

1. strike with disgust or revulsion
   • The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends