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- DictionaryOut·cast/ˈoutˌkast/
noun
- 1. a person who has been rejected by society or a social group: "she went from trusted pal to ostracized outcast overnight"
adjective
- 1. rejected or cast out: "made to feel outcast and inadequate"
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.
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. We all feel like outcasts sometimes.
Check pronunciation: outcast. Definition of outcast noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 days ago · noun. 1. a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society. In the beginning the area was settled by outcasts, adventurers, and felons. 2. a homeless wanderer; vagabond. 3. rejected matter; refuse. adjective.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English out‧cast /ˈaʊtkɑːst $ -kæst/ noun [ countable] someone who is not accepted by the people they live among, or who has been forced out of their home SYN pariah Smokers often feel as though they are being treated as social outcasts. —outcast adjective Examples from the Corpus outcast ...
3 days ago · noun. 1. a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society. In the beginning the area was settled by outcasts, adventurers, and felons. 2. a homeless wanderer; vagabond. 3. rejected matter; refuse. adjective. 4. cast out, as from one's home or society. an outcast son.
adjective. /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ /ˈaʊtkæst/ (of a person) not accepted by society or by a particular group. He had been made to feel socially outcast. outcast from/by somebody/something These women found themselves outcast from society. Want to learn more?
