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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