Scan·dal·ize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scandalized p. pr. & vb. n. Scandalizing ]
 1. To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon.
    I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things.   --Hooker.
    The congregation looked on in silence, the better class scandalized, and the lower orders, some laughing, others backing the soldier or the minister, as their fancy dictated.   --Sir W. Scott.
 2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
    To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order.   --Sir W. Scott.

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