outcast
1cast 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.
Origin of outcast
1Other words for outcast
Other definitions for outcast (2 of 2)
a falling out; quarrel.
Origin of outcast
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How to use outcast in a sentence
Now I will have to leave the security of my little clan of Social Outcasts and venture out on my own.
How to Be Popular, ’50s Style: ‘Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek’ | Maya Van Wagenen | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFerociously dark with a terrifying array of freaks, mutants, and outcasts.
If Latinos remain solidly Democratic, the new racial outcasts will increasingly be middle- and working-class whites.
A Racially Polarized Election Augurs Ill for Barack Obama’s Second Term | Joel Kotkin | November 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTScouting taught us to welcome the outcasts and the disenfranchised.
The Eagle Scouts and Boy Scouts of America’s Antigay Policy | Naka Nathaniel | June 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHis point of view allows for eccentricity and for flaws; he constructs a place for outcasts.
Paris Fall 2012 Fashion Week: Are Designers Bashing Women? | Robin Givhan | March 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
We hae made oursel's the outcasts o' the district for you, an' noo you wad turn on us like this.
The Underworld | James C. WelshIt shall be the sign lifted among the nations which is to gather together the outcasts of Israel.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisIt is amusing to hear them speak of themselves as "exanimated outcasts," hoping to be animated by the breath of Royal favour.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 | Egerton RyersonLivorno la cara, they call her, and no doubt of old she endeared herself to her outcasts.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonIt will thus be seen what depth of genuine humanity it required to have anything to do with one of these outcasts.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell Park
British Dictionary definitions for outcast
/ (ˈaʊtˌkɑːst) /
a person who is rejected or excluded from a social group
a vagabond or wanderer
anything thrown out or rejected
rejected, abandoned, or discarded; cast out
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