Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scandalise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: scan-dalise
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of scandalize.

British usage

Example Sentences

"He never greatly cared for the society of what are called good people. If any of these were scandalised (and offences were sure to arise), he could not help it."
"She was scandalised by my suggestion that she should have bought the other three seats, in order to use the table as an office space. Her solution was that I should go and sit elsewhere. Her appeal to the ticket inspector/guard was rebuffed in short order."

Etymology

From scandal + -ise.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

scandalises (present, singular) scandalising (participle, present) scandalised (participle, past) scandalised (past)

Synonyms

shock offend scandalize appal appall outrage

Questions

What does scandalise mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of scandalize.
Where does scandalise come from?: From scandal + -ise.

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