scandalize

Meaning

Verb

• To cause great offense to (someone).
• To reproach.
• To disgrace.
• To libel.
• To reduce the area and efficiency of a sail by expedient means (e.g. slacking the peak and tricing up the tack) without properly reefing, thus slowing boat speed.

Origin

• From Latin scandalizō, from Ancient Greek σκανδαλίζω; synchronically analyzable as scandal + -ize
• From scantle.