All 3 Uses of
scrutiny
in
Just Listen
- I didn't like the scrutiny, having to walk in front of people, strangers staring at me.†
Chpt 2scrutiny = careful look or inspection
- I'd endured a lot of scrutiny since the beginning of the school year.
Chpt 5 *scrutiny = careful looks or inspection
- That with every glance, they'd no longer see me, but what had happened to me, so raw and shameful and private, turned outward and suddenly scrutinized.†
Chpt 13scrutinized = looked at very carefullystandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
Definition:
careful examination of something