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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"
The meaning of OUTCAST is one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society). How to use outcast in a sentence.
Outcast definition: a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society. See examples of OUTCAST used 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.
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.
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.
n. 1. a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society. 2. a homeless wanderer; vagabond. adj. 3. cast out, as from one's home or society. [1250–1300]
An outcast is someone who is not accepted by a group of people or by society. He had always been an outcast, unwanted and alone. All of us felt like social outcasts.
Outcast definition: One that has been excluded from a society or system.
Definition of outcast adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
outcast. a person who is not accepted by other people and who sometimes has to leave their home and friends People with the disease were often treated as social outcasts.
