Associations to the word «Scandalize»
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Wiktionary
SCANDALIZE, verb. To shock someone.
SCANDALIZE, verb. To be offensive to someone.
SCANDALIZE, verb. (nautical) To reduce the area and efficiency of a sail by expedient means (e.g. slacking the peak and tricing up the tack) without properly reefing, thus slowing boat speed.
Dictionary definition
SCANDALIZE, verb. Strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.