scandalizers

Those provoking disgrace

Scandalizers are people who cause scandal or outrage, whether through shocking behavior, exposing wrongdoing, or deliberately provoking moral indignation.

The word carries a slightly archaic or formal tone: The tabloids painted the activists as scandalizers of decent society.

Someone might be labeled a scandalizer for violating social norms or for bringing hidden misconduct to light.

provocateurs

rabble-rousers

Those inciting public disorder

instigatorsThose who initiate trouble
firebrandsPassionate agents of change
troublemakersThose causing problems deliberately

agitators · inciters · stirrers · fomenters · muckrakers · whistleblowers · exposers · sensationalists

defamers

slanderers

Those who defame others

libelersThose who publish defamation
smearersThose who spread damaging lies
vilifiersThose who disparage others

mudslinger · rumormongers · gossipmongers · backbiters · muckrakers

shock

appalling

Inspiring horror or disgust

horrifyingCausing extreme fear
dismayingCausing loss of confidence
unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort

disturbing · offenders · transgressors · indecency · impropriety · shamelessness · brazenness · flouters · provocative · disgracing

Opposites

social conformity and norm adherence

scandalizersconformists

Those obeying social norms

traditionalists · pillars of society · conventionalists · sticklers · prudes

moral standing and reputation

scandalizersexemplars

Ideal models for imitation

paragons · role models · saints · moralists · do-gooders

social disruption vs. stability

scandalizerspeacemakers

Those who resolve conflicts

harmonizers · conciliators · stabilizers · uniters · peacekeepers

Family

scandalize, scandalized, scandalizes, scandalizer

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