Associations to the word «Scandalize»

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

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad