scandalise

See also: scandalisé

English

Etymology

From scandal +‎ -ise.

Verb

scandalise (third-person singular simple present scandalises, present participle scandalising, simple past and past participle scandalised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of scandalize.
   • 1833, [Charles Lamb], “Preface. By a Friend of the Late Elia.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page ix:

     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.

   • 2023 May 31, “Open Access: On-train table manners”, in RAIL, number 984, page 63:

     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.

Anagrams

• canalsides

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɑ̃.da.liz/
• Homophones: scandalisent, scandalises

Verb

scandalise

1. inflection of scandaliser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative