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# scandalise

«scandalise» in Mova's school dictionary: **British spelling of «scandalize»: to shock someone by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (scandalise, scandalises, scandalised, scandalising)

### meaning for a pupil

British spelling of «scandalize»: to shock someone by doing or saying something they think is wrong or improper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scandalise/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a character is scandalised when someone breaks a rule of good manners, and says so

### examples

- "Sit in father's chair, John!" Wendy was scandalised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scandalise/#x1)
- Peter pretended to be scandalised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scandalise/#x2)
- The old lady was scandalised by the noise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scandalise/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scandalise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scandalise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.