scandalization
Causing public outrage
Scandalization is the act of shocking or offending someone through improper or outrageous behavior.
The word carries a slightly formal or old-fashioned tone: The scandalization of the congregation was complete when the minister's affair became public.
It names the process or result of being scandalized—the state of moral outrage or dismay that follows exposure to something considered disgraceful.
Rigid moral severity
- prudishnessExcessive moral strictness
- decencyMoral appropriateness in behavior
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
morality · purity · propriety · sanctimony · righteousness · pearl-clutching · priggishness · censoriousness
Intense sudden wonder
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
- aghastStruck with horror
- alarmedFeeling sudden fear
- consternationAnxious amazement causing paralysis
disconcertment · incredulity · taken aback · horrified · appalled · disbelief · gasps · clutching pearls
Anger from mistreatment
- furyIntense violent anger
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- offenseViolation or umbrage
resentment · umbrage · disgust · appall · exasperation · infuriation · choler · fuming
Sensationalist newspaper format
- headlineNews article title
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- titillationPleasurable, teasing excitement
- media circusExcessive news coverage event
yellow journalism · paparazzi · clickbait · hype · rumormongering · exposé · tell-all · salacious
puritanism
Rigid moral severity
- prudishnessExcessive moral strictness
- decencyMoral appropriateness in behavior
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
virtue · morality · purity · propriety · sanctimony · righteousness · pearl-clutching · priggishness · censoriousness · moralizing
astonishment
Intense sudden wonder
consternation · disconcertment · incredulity · taken aback · horrified · appalled · disbelief · gasps · clutching pearls · jaw-dropping
indignation
Anger from mistreatment
offense · resentment · umbrage · disgust · appall · exasperation · infuriation · choler · fuming · seething
tabloid
Sensationalist newspaper format
- headlineNews article title
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- titillationPleasurable, teasing excitement
media circus · yellow journalism · paparazzi · clickbait · hype · rumormongering · exposé · tell-all · salacious · lurid
debate
Formal argument on issues
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
dissent · discord · strife · friction · furor · storm · firestorm · brouhaha · kerfuffle · hullabaloo
scandalizationapproval
Favorable opinion given
acceptance · endorsement · approbation · commendation · praise
scandalizationindifference
Lack of interest
equanimity · unflappability · composure · nonchalance · imperturbability
scandalizationreassurance
Words meant to calm
comfort · edification · satisfaction · contentment · equanimity
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