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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of scandalize.
  • adjective Having been the subject of a scandal; disgraced.

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Examples

  • Television news showed this auto da fé in scandalized detail, and pictures of the scene were splashed across the British media for days, making it a major topic of discussion throughout the country.

    SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1002 2009

  • Television news showed this auto da fé in scandalized detail, and pictures of the scene were splashed across the British media for days, making it a major topic of discussion throughout the country.

    Fury Leaflet | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • They gave us Bush’s second term, Congressman Ney, and the coin scandalized governorship, what do we expect.

    Think Progress » VIDEO: Schmidt’s Shame 2005

  • If they're surprised at the rage against Malek, they should be -- the roster of "scandalized" Republicans who've gone on to become party statesman includes several Nixon-era and Reagan-era figures whom, in the minds of conservatives, were unfairly demonized by the left.

    Fred Malek: It's not the 'Jew-counting,' it's the deception 2010

  • On the other hand, the Halimi family lawyer Francis Szpiner told reporters that he was "scandalized" that other suspects received relatively light sentence recommendations.

    Paul LeGendre: The Ilan Halimi Murder Trial: Moving Beyond Hatred? 2009

  • And the French people were kind of scandalized by all of the trappings of his dating her but now they're thrilled.

    CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2008 2008

  • Facts are easily invented and a "scandalized" witness can always be found.

    Kicking the Door Jacoby, Tamar 1979

  • The poor woman, shrieking fearfully, sprang from the funeral pile as the flames surrounded her, but was instantly seized and thrown back into it by the "scandalized" priests.

    Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Various

  • She was running before the wind -- yawing frightfully -- her staysail let down to act as a sort of extra foresail, -- "scandalized," they call it, -- and her foreboom guyed out over the side.

    Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • For instance, one who believes that a 'high church' form of worship is in some way necessary will be 'scandalized' by contemporary worship and liturgical innovation.

    orrologion 2009

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