as in to offend
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Recent Examples of scandalize
With the Pumps scandalized, Silver left to form West Coast Elite, taking a number of Pump-N-Run players with him.
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
The story flashes back to the birth of Elphaba, whose green skin shocks and scandalizes her parents.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 19 Nov. 2024
The case scandalized the establishment and the brother was jailed for advocating acts prejudicial to the security of Singapore.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
The show is a spin-off of Monster, Murphy’s wildly popular series about Jeffrey Dahmer, another notorious killer whose trial in the 1990s scandalized Americans.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
The story flashes back to the birth of Elphaba, whose green skin shocks and scandalizes her parents.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 19 Nov. 2024
The case scandalized the establishment and the brother was jailed for advocating acts prejudicial to the security of Singapore.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
The show is a spin-off of Monster, Murphy’s wildly popular series about Jeffrey Dahmer, another notorious killer whose trial in the 1990s scandalized Americans.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scandalize
Verb
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This low likelihood of re-offense underscores a fundamental reality: Incarcerating aging and ailing individuals long past their active years of offending offers no meaningful public safety benefit.—
Jasmine L. Tyler,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Feb. 2025
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Google / Nate Hake The version of the ad that is now up on YouTube removes the offending information.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
5 Feb. 2025
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Like Putin and Xi, Trump also believes that economic power should be used as a lever to extract concessions from countries that displease him.—
Ivo H. Daalder,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Jan. 2025
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On Wednesday, Trump responded to her message by attacking Budde with one of his familiar insults for women who displease him.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
22 Jan. 2025
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This government coverup should outrage the traveling public.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
9 Feb. 2025
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Sweden raised its terrorism alert to the second-highest level, after the Quran burnings outraged Muslims and triggered threats from jihadist groups.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Americans are nauseated as an outbreak of the stomach flu hits the country.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
30 Dec. 2024
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Although the drink was nontoxic, the student had a headache and felt nauseated after drinking the mixture and had to be hospitalized, officials said.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American-Statesman,
8 Mar. 2024
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Bird flu, also known as H5N1, is a variant of the influenza virus that sickens tens of millions of people every winter.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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The strain has also sickened 67 people and caused one death.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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Thousands of residents and visitors have left Santorini, frightened by the earthquakes measuring between magnitude 3 and magnitude 5 in the area since the weekend.—
Elena Becatoros,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2025
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President Trump did no one any favors and his irresponsible accusations were meant to confuse and spread an unfounded conspiracy while both trying to score political points as well as frighten the flying public needlessly.—
Michael B. Teiger,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2025
Verb
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One Republican lawmaker familiar with the situation said the MAGA wing of the party revolted over keeping Turner in the post.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
15 Jan. 2025
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Trudeau is most infamous for his heavy handed response to the Freedom Convoy, a wildly popular citizens revolt against his government's COVID authoritarianism.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
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The Chiefs didn’t amaze us on an every-game basis, not really, anyway.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Met’s exhibition amazes in two contradictory ways: as a reappreciation of Rudolph’s artistry and as an assessment of his impact on the American city.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
2 Oct. 2024
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“Scandalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scandalize. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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