Synonyms for outcast
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : out-kast, -kahst |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌkæst, -ˌkɑst |
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Définition of outcast
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.
- noun person who is unwanted, not accepted
- All this must have seemed the veriest irony when addressed to an outcast Jew.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- He was a vagabond and an outcast, and scenes of horror were not new to him.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- He found himself an outcast in the midst of the populous camp.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Note: The outcast princess is represented as “herding sheep.”
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- There will be left of it but one unprincipled woman—and she wretched and an outcast.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- You have always had a roof over your head; he has always been an outcast.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- Within five minutes you will breathe a beggar and an outcast.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- After all, he himself, if not actually an outcast, was one of life's failures.
- Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
- If he married her, he would become what Pilgrim had named him—an outcast.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
- He was going to work among the poor and the outcast, the oppressed and the fallen.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
Antonyms for outcast
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