SCANDALIZED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

scandalized

verb

past tense of scandalize

as in outraged

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While some commenters were skeptical on the @mylilretinol TikTok page, which has videos with hundreds of thousands of views, others appeared outraged by the fake brand.

— Anna Halkidis, Parents, 15 Sep. 2026
When bulldozers were spotted clearing land in the park in August, people across the state were outraged.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of outraged

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The debate intensified over the weekend when former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, speaking on Newsmax, said he would be offended if Mamdani attended the ceremony.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Goebel later emphasized that the maze was not meant to endorse everything Kirk said or did, nor dismiss concerns from people offended by some of his remarks.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of offended

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There are a lot of reasons to be disgusted with the Cowboys for their season-opening stink fest.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026
Decent law-abiding Israelis living in Judea/Samaria are also disgusted by behavior of the few who violate civil law & Torah by violence & lawlessness.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of disgusted

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While most of the male cops were unhappy with the gender integration of the department, a lot of the women officers were displeased, too.

— Wilbert L. Cooper, Longreads, 25 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of displeased

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The crowd revolted, showering the court with cups, beer cans and garbage.

— Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
In 2022, former Prime Minister Liz Truss was forced out after 44 days in office, after the bond market revolted against plans for unfunded fiscal spending and tax cuts.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of revolted

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Perhaps what amazed me the most was the breadth and the depth to which a general American public seemed to be at a tipping point around the exorbitant cost of health care and how cavernous the gap is between the one percent and the 99 percent.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of amazed

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In July, Taylor Farms de Mexico recalled all iceberg lettuce sourced in Mexico from 27 states following a cyclospora outbreak that has sickened 18,445 people since the beginning of May.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
Thousands of people were sickened by foodborne illnesses this summer.

— Dian Zhang, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of sickened

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The hook in one panel evokes Chaïm Soutine, who painted slaughterhouses while keeping kosher, fascinated and horrified by the carnival of carcasses that to others had been normalized.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Dozens of content creators, like Food Beast and Costco New Deals, rushed to share the find with their followers, who were either amused, horrified or both.

— Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of horrified

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