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The meaning of OUTCAST is one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society). How to use outcast in a sentence.
a person who has no place in their society or in a particular group, because the society or group refuses to accept them: She has spent her life trying to help the homeless and other social outcasts. She was a political outcast after the Party expelled her in 1982. Synonym. pariah. Compare. castaway. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
a person who has no place in their society or in a particular group, because the society or group refuses to accept them: She has spent her life trying to help the homeless and other social outcasts. She was a political outcast after the Party expelled her in 1982. Synonym.
Outcast definition: a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society. See examples of OUTCAST used in a sentence.
Synonyms for OUTCAST: reject, pariah, leper, castaway, castoff, exile, outsider, offscouring; Antonyms of OUTCAST: insider.
An outcast is someone who isn't wanted. To remember what outcast means, flip it around: outcasts have been cast out from somewhere. No one wants to be an outcast: such people are rejected by their peers.
Definition of outcast noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the noun outcast mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun outcast , four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Outcast definition: a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society. See examples of OUTCAST used in a sentence.
cast out, as from one's home or society: an outcast son. pertaining to or characteristic of an outcast: outcast misery. rejected or discarded: outcast opinions.
