outcast B2 Topic:Animals US /ˈaʊtkæst/ UK /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ See IPA manual Freq #16741 Meanings 1 verb To cast out; to banish. And her faire yellow locks behind her flew, / Looſely diſperſt with puff of euery blaſt: / All as a blazing ſtarre doth farre outcaſt / His hearie beames, and flaming lockes diſpredd, / At ſight whereof the people ſtand aghaſt: […]. 2 adj That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. O, horrible fate! Outcast, rejected, / As one with pestilence infected! 3 noun One that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper. If ever you chance upon the whole truth about any outcast or many, never tell it to just anybody, or at least not right away; unjust exclusion from a society is just one kind of hardship. 4 noun Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit. Do you ever feel like an outcast? You don't have to fit into the format Oh, but it's okay to be different 'Cause baby, so am I. Thesaurus Synonyms 4 noun · synonym of outsider:... outsider More abjectcastawaydeviantexilefremdlepermisfitoffscouringovercastpariahreject Word family Derived forms outcastishoutcastness Related forms aliendorkmisanthropistostracizationreclusestranger Etymology From Middle English outcaste, outecaste, equivalent to out- + cast. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # outcast **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** verb, adj, noun **IPA (US):** /ˈaʊtkæst/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ **Frequency rank:** 16741 ## Meanings 1. To cast out; to banish. 2. That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. 3. One that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper. 4. Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit. ## Examples - And her faire yellow locks behind her flew, / Looſely diſperſt with puff of euery blaſt: / All as a blazing ſtarre doth farre outcaſt / His hearie beames, and flaming lockes diſpredd, / At ſight whereof the people ſtand aghaſt: […]. - O, horrible fate! Outcast, rejected, / As one with pestilence infected! - If ever you chance upon the whole truth about any outcast or many, never tell it to just anybody, or at least not right away; unjust exclusion from a society is just one kind of hardship. - Do you ever feel like an outcast? You don't have to fit into the format Oh, but it's okay to be different 'Cause baby, so am I. ## Synonyms - abject - castaway - deviant - exile - fremd - leper - misfit - offscouring - outsider - overcast - pariah - reject ## Derived Forms - outcastish - outcastness ## Related Forms - alien - dork - misanthropist - ostracization - recluse - stranger ## Etymology From Middle English outcaste, outecaste, equivalent to out- + cast. ## Topics - Animals markdown