Words that rhyme with scandalize

  • allies
    n 1: the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945 2: in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers 3: an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy
  • vandalise
    v 1: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park" [syn: vandalize, vandalise]
  • tantalize
    v 1: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride]
  • brutalize
    v 1: treat brutally [syn: brutalize, brutalise] 2: make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him" [syn: brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise] 3: become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling [syn: brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise]
  • crystallize
    v 1: cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts" [syn: crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize] 2: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" [syn: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate] 3: cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form; "crystallize minerals" [syn: crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise] 4: assume crystalline form; become crystallized [syn: crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresce]
  • fertilize
    v 1: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" [syn: fertilize, fertilise, feed] 2: make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination" [syn: fertilize, fecundate, fertilise] 3: introduce semen into (a female) [syn: inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise]
  • feudalize
    v 1: bring (a country or people) under feudalism
  • idolize
    v 1: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" [syn: idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship, revere]
  • subtilize
    v 1: mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words 2: make more subtle or refined [syn: rarefy, sublimate, subtilize] 3: make (senses) more keen [syn: subtilize, subtilise]
  • utilize
    v 1: put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" [syn: use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ] 2: convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)
  • vandalize
    v 1: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park" [syn: vandalize, vandalise]
  • vitalize
    v 1: give life to; "The eggs are vitalized" [syn: vitalize, vitalise] 2: make more lively or vigorous; "The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man" [syn: vitalize, vitalise] [ant: devitalise, devitalize]
  • capitalize
    v 1: draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover" [syn: capitalize, capitalise, take advantage] 2: supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders [syn: capitalize, capitalise] 3: write in capital letters [syn: capitalize, capitalise] 4: compute the present value of a business or an income [syn: capitalize, capitalise] 5: consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses [syn: capitalize, capitalise] 6: convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital [syn: capitalize, capitalise]
  • devitalize
    v 1: sap of life or energy; "The recession devitalized the economy" [syn: devitalize, devitalise] [ant: vitalise, vitalize]
  • digitalize
    v 1: put into digital form, as for use in a computer; "he bought a device to digitize the data" [syn: digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise] 2: administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects
  • hospitalize
    v 1: admit into a hospital; "Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high" [syn: hospitalize, hospitalise]
  • immortalize
    v 1: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" [syn: commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record] 2: make famous forever; "This melody immortalized its composer" [syn: immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise]
  • totalize
    v 1: make into a total; "Can we totalize these different ideas into one philosophy?" [syn: totalize, totalise]
  • orientalize
    v 1: make oriental in character; "orientalize your garden" [syn: orientalize, orientalise] [ant: occidentalise, occidentalize, westernise, westernize]
  • revitalize
    v 1: restore strength; "This food revitalized the patient" [syn: regenerate, revitalize] 2: give new life or vigor to [syn: revitalize, revitalise]
  • ayes
  • valentines
  • ais
  • cartelize
  • dentalize
  • glottalize
  • recapitalize

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