outcast English

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outcast Noun

— An outcast is someone who is rejected, cast out, or expelled from a social group. The outcast is no longer a member of that group, and does not have the protection of the law. Ronin were outcast samurai. They had no honor, and wandered the countryside.

outcast Adjective

— When someone is outcast, the person has been rejected and casted out by a social group.

outcast Verb

— When you outcast someone, you reject and cast out the person.

outcast

— noun a person who is rejected (from society or home)

— adjective (= friendless) excluded from a society

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outcast English » English

pariah

exile

castaway

outlaw

leper

vagabond

rejected

reject

low man

friendless

forsaken

derelict

degraded

abject

Ishmael

untouchable

thrown away

stray

straggler

stepson

stepchild

scum

robber

riffraff

panhandler

ostracized

offcast

offal

odd man out

low

inferior

homeless

forlorn

failure

expellee

excommunicated

dropout

dregs

discard

despised

desolate

deserted

cast-off

beggar

abandoned

Chāṇḍāla

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