outcast B2 Topic:Actions & Processes 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. Verb forms Verb forms are not available for this word yet. 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 Actions & Processes External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # 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 - Actions & Processes markdown