verb
scandalize
SKAN-duh-lyze/ˈskændəlaɪz/
To shock or offend someone's sense of what is right or proper.
The player's open cheating scandalizes the woman who sees the concealed ace.
Etymology
The stumbling block became an image of something that causes moral stumbling or offense. To scandalize people came to mean shocking their moral sensibilities through improper behavior.
In context
I'd scandalize the old ladies I know the X-ray room they only use it twice a week going on here don't you know that male patients aren't allowed on the female floors
More examples
- His crude jokes scandalize the guests at dinner.
- The committee was scandalized by her suggestion of accepting bribes.
- They feared the affair would scandalize the entire town.
Forms
scandalize · scandalizes · scandalized · scandalizing
scandal noun — Public outrage caused by disgraceful behavior.