scandalize
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Now 64, he was initially passed off as her brother so as not to crack her “virginal feel and glow,” or to scandalize society, Cardinale’s daughter, Claudia Squitieri said.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023
Her final chapter titled “Wild Child” is a panorama of bad deeds, as if to scandalize her children while also freeing them from fear of failure or harsh judgment.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2019
Such a procedure should not scandalize anyone in our time.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019
A single song is no longer enough to scandalize Mom and Dad.
From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2016
I think Jackson got it to scandalize me, since the red velvet cover was decidedly lurid, but it ended up being a very good story.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
Vocabulary lists containing scandalize
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