scandalize
verb
[ ˈskand(ə)lʌɪz ]
• shock or horrify (someone) by a real or imagined violation of propriety or morality.
• "their lack of manners scandalized their hosts"
Similar:
shock,
appal,
outrage,
horrify,
disgust,
revolt,
repel,
sicken,
nauseate,
offend,
give offence to,
affront,
insult,
cause raised eyebrows,
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘make a public scandal of’): from French scandaliser or ecclesiastical Latin scandalizare, from Greek skandalizein .
scandalize
verb
• reduce the area of (a sail) by lowering the head or raising the boom.
Origin:
mid 19th century: alteration of obsolete scantelize, from scantle ‘make small’.
