scandalize

Etymology 1

From Latin scandalizō, from Ancient Greek σκανδαλίζω (skandalízō); synchronically analyzable as scandal + -ize.

verb

1. (transitive) To cause great offense to (someone).
   Woe to thee who art often wandering abroad, and spendest thy time unprofitably, and scandalizest others. 1881, Thomas à Kempis, T[homas] T[hellusson] Carter, reviser and editor, “The Valley of Lilies”, in Instructions for Religious, London: J. Masters and Co.,[…]; and J. Pott,[…], New York, chapter XV (Of persevering with Constancy in the Order and Monastery which we have chosen), page 45
   Thou scandalizest me and irritatest my nature as much as it possibly can be irritated. 1896, Ernest Rénan, translated by Eleanor Grant Vickery, Caliban: A Philosophical Drama Continuing “The Tempest” of William Shakespeare (Publications of The Shakespeare Society of New York; No. 9), New York, N.Y.: The Shakespeare Press; London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd., page 19
2. (transitive) To reproach.
3. (transitive) To disgrace.
4. (transitive) To libel.

Etymology 2

From scantle.

verb

1. (nautical) 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.
   The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.] 1887, Mrs. Dominic D. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 16