Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scandalized
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The camp's plan to reopen part of the campus this summer and host nearly 900 girls has outraged the families of the girls killed.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026 -
The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is outraged by such attacks in densely populated urban areas.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2026
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Stevenson knows some people will be offended by such gender stereotyping.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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If your reactive skin has ever been personally offended by retinol (same), peptides offer a gentler way in.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
6 Apr. 2026
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Some were disgusted, while others were filled with joy.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Polling shows people disgusted with the political status quo.—
Michelle Cottle,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Dara Shikoh was designated as a successor to the Mughal throne by Shah Jahan, which displeased the ambitious Aurangzeb.—
Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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The epitome of narcissism, demeaning and denigrating others upon their deaths (John McCain, Rob Reiner) who’ve displeased him is nothing new, but the Mueller post sinks to a new low.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The house also is connected to Connecticut history through the Amistad, the ship from which, in 1839, kidnapped Africans revolted and fought successfully for their freedom.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2026
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And the mayor is embroiled in a power struggle over leadership of the Chicago Housing Authority, where board members openly revolted against him by installing a CEO of their choosing, Keith Pettigrew, in a process Johnson says violated state law.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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For twelve seasons, Kim has amazed us with her fierce and raw portrayal of Teddy Altman.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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Melissa's rapid intensification and high winds and atypical hurricane behavior amazed even some of the more experienced scientists who study tropical cyclones, thanks in part to its journey over some exceptionally warm waters in the Caribbean.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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People all over the globe were in disbelief that a man could perpetuate a campaign of drugging and raping his wife without her knowledge, and even more sickened that dozens of men joined him in his crimes.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
1 Apr. 2026
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Police in Broomfield, Colorado, opened an investigation after multiple hot dogs laced with methamphetamine were found in a family’s yard and sickened at least two dogs, according to a press release.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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In the mid-1970s, more than a decade into her research on chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe National Park, the late and legendary primatologist Jane Goodall witnessed something that horrified her.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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And Back both and Nakamoto were horrified by the shutdown of Napster, a peer-to-peer software used for sharing music.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Scandalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scandalized. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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