Definition of "scandalize" []

• To offend the moral sensibilities of: a lurid incident that scandalized the whole town. (verb-transitive)
• Archaic To dishonor; disgrace. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Government norms prevent us from showing anything which might "scandalize" people too much."
• "To dream of blood is a sign that some one will "scandalize" you."
• "Free-speech blogger Ezra Levant has accused anti-hate activist Richard Warman of exploiting court processes to publicly "scandalize" him with "wholly irrelevant" allegations, and to discourage his "public service journalism" against human rights commissions."