scandalize

transitive verb

To offend the moral sensibilities of.

transitive verb

To dishonor; disgrace.

To offend by some action considered very wrong or outrageous; shock; give offense to: as, to be scandalized at a person’s conduct.

To disgrace; bring disgrace on.

To libel; defame; asperse; slander.

Also spelled scandalise.

Nautical, to trice up the tack of the spanker or mizzen in a square-rigged vessel, or the mainsail in a fore-and-aft rigged vessel.

transitive verb

To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon.

transitive verb

To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.

verb

To shock someone.