"scandalize" meaning in English

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          "text": "Thou scandalizest me and irritatest my nature as much as it possibly can be irritated.",
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        "(transitive) To cause great offense to (someone)."
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          "sense": "to cause great offense",
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          "sense": "to cause great offense",
          "word": "scandaliser"
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          "sense": "to cause great offense",
          "word": "scandalizzare"
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          "sense": "to cause great offense",
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          "sense": "to cause great offense",
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        "To reproach."
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        "(transitive) To reproach."
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        "To disgrace."
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        "(transitive) To disgrace."
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        "To libel."
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        "(transitive) To libel."
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          "ref": "1887, Mrs. Dominic D. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 16:",
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        "(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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        "(transitive) To cause great offense to (someone)."
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        "To reproach."
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        "(transitive) To reproach."
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        "(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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskændəlaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "scandalise"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scandalize"
}