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Synonyms for out cast


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : out-kast, -kahst
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌkæst, -ˌkɑst

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Définition of out cast

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "a person cast out or rejected," originally past participle of Middle English outcasten, from out + casten "to cast" (see cast (v.)). The adjective is attested from late 14c. In an Indian context, outcaste "one who has been expelled from his caste" is from 1876; see caste.
  • As in lonely : adj feeling friendless, forlorn
  • As in undesirable : adj offensive, unacceptable
  • As in lorn : adj lonely
  • As in lorn : adj abandoned
  • As in abject : adj hopeless and downtrodden
  • As in contemptible : adj despicable, shameful
  • As in abandoned : adj left alone, deserted
  • As in down-and-out : adj destitute
  • As in forsaken : adj abandoned
  • As in homeless : adj displaced
  • As in miscreant : noun person who is very bad, immoral
  • As in outcast : noun person who is unwanted, not accepted
  • As in outlaw : noun person who is running from the law
  • As in refugee : noun person running from something, often oppression
  • As in riffraff : noun rabble
  • As in tramp : noun person who is poor, desperate
  • As in black sheep : noun disgraceful person
  • As in leper : noun pariah
  • As in malefactor : noun criminal
  • As in castaway : noun shipwrecked person
  • As in wretch : noun derelict
  • As in transmigrant : noun emigrant
  • As in derelict : noun destitute or down-and-out person
  • As in dregs : noun bad person
  • As in emigrant : noun person who leaves his or her native country
  • As in exile : noun person deported from a place
  • As in expatriate : noun person thrown out of a country
  • As in fugitive : noun person escaping from law or other pursuer
Example sentences :
  • For if it so be at he is most out cast at most folk dispisen.
  • Extract from : « Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae' » by Geoffrey Chaucer

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