scandalized

verb

past tense of scandalize
as in outraged

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scandalized
  1. outraged
  2. offended
  3. disgusted
  4. displeased
  5. revolted
  6. amazed
  7. sickened
  8. horrified
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  • Progress threatened by 'stomach-churning' politics Leaders at the Joyful Heart Foundation were outraged by the funding threats.
    — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 16 July 2026
  • Grande licked one of them, and fans were immediately outraged by the moment.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 16 July 2026
Definition of outraged
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  • Actually, what offended the Nazis was the sympathetic portrayal of Rosenthal.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
  • Ormund is introduced in the third-season premiere issuing orders at his army’s encampment and then, with a put-upon air, closely sniffing his pomander as if offended by the whole dreary business.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026
Definition of offended
Verb
  • In 2017, the Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine went to a team of French researchers who used advanced brain-scanning technology to measure the extent to which some people are disgusted by fromage.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026
  • Kim The call left Kim Grindell disgusted, furious and wracked with guilt.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 20 June 2026
Definition of disgusted
Verb
  • McDonald’s was not displeased with Needham’s creative work, but Schrage and his colleagues had felt that the chain needed more in-depth account supervision and overall marketing help.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
  • Bad Bunny clearly saw something that displeased him on center court.
    — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Definition of displeased
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  • In 2010, four years after reaching the final for the second time in three World Cups, the players revolted against coach Raymond Domenech during the tournament.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
  • In 2013, Microsoft proposed similar restrictions for the original Xbox One, and Sony publicly committing to keep discs while Xbox users revolted.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 9 July 2026
Definition of revolted
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  • Just before halftime, van Persie slipped past the Spanish defensive line to receive a long-range pass from teammate Daley Blind and looped the ball over Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas with a first-time diving header that amazed the audience.
    — Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026
  • When Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone at America’s Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, the invention amazed the crowd.
    — David H. Hsu, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Definition of amazed
Verb
  • Officials on July 18 had said that a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms tested positive for the parasitic illness that has sickened thousands of people in the United States.
    — Reuters, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • Business + Finance A number of restaurant chains warned about the material business risk of cyclospora, the parasite that causes the cyclosporiasis illness, long before the current outbreak that may have sickened almost 7,000 people, including Yum!
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of sickened
Verb
  • The sequence in the film involving Matt running away from a premiere continues with the character gazing horrified upon his oozing complexion in the reflection of a storefront window.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026
  • Kate, hiding a dark past of her own, is thrilled rather than horrified, and moves into West’s mansion to work alongside him.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 17 July 2026
Definition of horrified
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