scandalise

scandalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of scandalize.

Meaning of scandalize

scandalize (third-person singular simple present scandalizes, present participle scandalizing, simple past and past participle scandalized)

(transitive) To cause great offense to (someone); to shock with something scandalous.
- Overhearing the lewd joke, the dowager gave a scandalized gasp.
(archaic, transitive) To reproach.
(archaic, transitive) To disgrace.
(archaic, transitive) To libel; to create scandal about (someone or something).

scandalize (third-person singular simple present scandalizes, present participle scandalizing, simple past and past participle scandalized)

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.
- The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.]1887, Mrs. Dominic D. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 16

third-person singular present	scandalises
present participle	scandalising
past participle	scandalised
past	scandalised

From scandal + -ise.

What is scandalise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?: Scandalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of scandalize.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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