outcast

Speech parts

1. outcast - Noun

2. outcast - Adjective

3. outcast - Verb

4. outcast - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Cast out; degraded.

One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond.

A quarrel; a contention.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

castaway pariah friendless Ishmael rascal outlander tramp vagabond runt emigrant vagrant lonesome infidel misfit desperado
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Antonyms

constitution darling dearie now social popular
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Hypernyms

unfortunate unfortunate person

Hyponyms

heretic leper untouchable misbeliever Harijan religious outcast

Phrases with the word

social outcast outcast place outcast ship indian outcast outcast people outcast race

Examples

Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion. Joseph Conrad

And alien tears will fill for him Pity's long-broken urn, For his mourners will be outcast men, And outcasts always mourn. Oscar Wilde

I want to cover all areas that can be depicted visually. This ranges from fairytales to attempts to enter the abstract and view oneself as a social outcast or someone struggling to stay alive. Günter Brus

A man who marries an outcast is like rain wasted in the forest. African Proverb

I will feed you even though you are an outcast. I will give you drink even though you are an outcast. You are still my son, even if your god has turned against you. Sumerian Proverb

After becoming a thief, one becomes an outcast. Sumerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

outcar outcarol outcarry outcast people outcast place outcast race