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scandalized

scandalized is the simple past and past participle of scandalize.

Meaning of scandalize

Verb (1)

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

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

Verb (2)

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

  1. 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

Adjective

scandalized (comparative more scandalized, superlative most scandalized)

  1. Having been the subject of a scandal; disgraced.

Forms of scandalized

comparativemore scandalized
superlativemost scandalized

Words formed from scandalized

Questions about scandalized

What does scandalized mean?
Scandalized means having been the subject of a scandal; disgraced.
What is scandalized the simple past and past participle of?
Scandalized is the simple past and past participle of scandalize.
What part of speech is scandalized?
Scandalized is an adjective.

Words near scandalized in the dictionary

  1. scandalisms
  2. scandalizable
  3. scandalization
  4. scandalizations
  5. scandalize
  6. scandalized
  7. scandalizer
  8. scandalizers
  9. scandalizes
  10. scandalizeth
  11. scandalizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scandalized (page history and authors); scandalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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