scandalize
pronunciation
How to pronounce scandalize in British English:
UK [ˈskændəlaɪz]
How to pronounce scandalize in American English:
US [ˈskændlˌaɪz]
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- Verb:
- strike with disgust or revulsion
Word Origin
- scandalize (v.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. And if thy foot scandalize thee , cut it off .
- 2. Scandalize the neighbours by sunbathing naked on the lawn .
- 3. We 've got to scandalize ourselves for bill humble 's sake .
- 4. I 'd scandalize the landlord . I think not .
- 5. Wherefore , if meat scandalize my brother , I will never eat flesh , lest I should scandalize my brother .