SCANDALIZED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

scandalized

verb

past tense of scandalize

as in outraged

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They’ve been similarly outraged by the fecklessness of their own party leaders.

— Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
The crime brought the civil rights struggle onto the national stage and outraged President Kennedy.

— Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

Definition of outraged

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So for everyone who got offended by Team Norway’s decision to import around 1,276 pounds of food—and not around 2,000 pounds as some are claiming—just chill.

— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
The pro‑government newspaper Sabah said dozens of viewers were offended by jokes on religion and filed complaints, prompting the investigation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Definition of offended

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Kim The call left Kim Grindell disgusted, furious and wracked with guilt.

— Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 20 June 2026
Many of the crew members are disgusted by Vito's homosexuality, but Phil seems to take special exception to this revelation, going out of his way to demand Tony take him out and becoming violently angered even at the mere mention of Vito's name.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026

Definition of disgusted

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Bad Bunny clearly saw something that displeased him on center court.

— Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Some customers on social media are understandably displeased by the news, with users on sites like Reddit promoting physical copies as the best way to permanently own media.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026

Definition of displeased

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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
The country’s first civil war began on the eve of independence and lasted from 1955 until 1972, when the southerners, who were largely Christian or animists, revolted against the repressive and exploitative control of the government in Khartoum.

— Janine di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026

Definition of revolted

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Last summer, cooling towers were behind a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Harlem that caused 6 deaths and sickened more than 100 others.

— Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
More than 100 passengers were sickened in a recent norovirus outbreak on the Ruby Princess cruise ship that departed from California last month and arrived back at port Thursday.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of sickened

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The professor was horrified by what appeared to be massive cheating in his course—cheating that was preventing most of the students from learning the material.

— Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
She would be horrified, hurt—ashamed, even, of Zeenat’s behavior.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026

Definition of horrified

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