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scandalize 音标拼音: [sk'ændəl ,ɑɪz] vt. 使生反感,使震惊,诽谤 使生反感,使震惊,诽谤 scandalize v 1: strike with disgust or revulsion; " The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" [ synonym: { shock}, { offend}, { scandalize}, { scandalise}, { appal}, { appall}, { outrage}] Scandalize \ Scan" dal* ize\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Scandalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Scandalizing}.] [ F. scandaliser, L. scandalizare, from Gr. skandali` zein.] 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. [ 1913 Webster] I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander. [ 1913 Webster] To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 18 Moby Thesaurus words for " scandalize": affront, asperse, calumniate, defame, denigrate, disturb, gall, horrify, libel, offend, outrage, rankle, scandal, shock, slander, slur, smear, upset
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