Usually means: Shock others with improper behavior.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word scandalize:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. scandalize: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. scandalize: Merriam-Webster
  3. scandalize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. scandalize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. scandalize: Collins English Dictionary
  6. scandalize: Vocabulary.com
  7. scandalize: Wordnik
  8. scandalize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. scandalize: Wiktionary
  10. scandalize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. scandalize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. scandalize: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. scandalize: Dictionary.com
  14. scandalize: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Scandalize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. scandalize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. scandalize: Rhymezone
  18. Scandalize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. scandalize: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. scandalize: FreeDictionary.org
  21. scandalize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. scandalize: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scandalize: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scandalize: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scandalize: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See scandalized as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To cause great offense to (someone).
verb:  (transitive) To reproach.
verb:  (transitive) To disgrace.
verb:  (transitive) To libel.
verb:  (nautical) 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.

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