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Syn. Defamation; detraction; slander; calumny; opprobrium; reproach; shame; disgrace. I do fawn on men and hug them hardShak. Syn. To defame; traduce; reproach; slander; calumniate; asperse; vilify; disgrace. Scandalize I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things.Hooker. The congregation looked on in silence, the better class scandalized, and the lower orders, some laughing, others backing the soldier or the minister, as their fancy dictated.Sir W. Scott. To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order.Sir W. Scott. Scandalous Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any.Hooker. Scandalously His discourse at table was scandalously unbecoming the dignity of his station.Swift. Shun their fault, who, scandalously nice,Pope. Scandalousness Scandalum magnatum Scandent Scandent plants may climb either by twining, as the hop, or by twisted leafstalks, as the clematis, or by tendrils, as the passion flower, or by rootlets, as the ivy. |
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