SCANDALIZED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

scandalized

verb

past tense of scandalize

as in outraged

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When police officers in Oklahoma admitted to using electro-shock gloves to subdue two students over the 2025-2026 school year, the community was rightfully outraged.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
The victim's wife, who asked to be identified only by her first name, Marlene, and did not want her face shown, said she was outraged by what happened.

— Peter D'Oench, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of outraged

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Patterson indicated he wasn’t offended when the Dolphins signed Gonzalez as competition.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
The question that has been most persistently posed by the press—whether M is based on Cusk’s real-life acquaintance Natalie Portman, who is reportedly offended by the implication—has an answer as obvious as the very line of inquiry is tedious.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of offended

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Allie, in particular, is disgusted by the men who treat her as functionally interchangeable with any other available, able-bodied woman.

— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
If the polls are any indication, Americans in general are disgusted with Washington’s Israel policy.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of disgusted

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The only cohort of players likely to be displeased with this year’s prize money increases are doubles specialists.

— Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Sadat was killed by Muslim extremists who were displeased with Sadat’s foreign and domestic policies.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of displeased

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When Puck acquired Air Mail, the media company founded by former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, the latter’s luxury advertisers revolted.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026
The wars began when the Yorkists revolted against the unstable Lancastrian king, Henry VI, forcing him to disinherit his son and accept a York as his successor.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of revolted

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But of the many falsehoods told by them, there was one which quite amazed me.

— Agnes Callard, The New York Review of Books, 18 Aug. 2026
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

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