Antonyms for ousted
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : oust |
Phonetic Transcription : aÊŠst |
Definition of ousted
Origin :- early 15c., from Anglo-French oster (late 13c.), Old French oster "remove, take away, take off; evict, dispel; liberate, release" (Modern French ôter), from Latin obstare "stand before, be opposite, stand opposite to, block," in Vulgar Latin, "hinder," from ob "against" (see ob-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Related: Ousted; ousting.
- verb expel, get rid of
- But though her life was now crowded with new interests that first-comer was not ousted.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- If they're ousted from Pump Street they're flying somewhere.
- Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- At first there appeared to be no way by which the bear might be ousted from his secure quarters.
- Extract from : « Bruin » by Mayne Reid
- He would have nothing at the hands of the man who had ousted him.
- Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum
- He had ousted the Scotch gardener and insinuated a relation of his own in his place.
- Extract from : « The Ghost Girl » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
- The shock of the real trouble had ousted the imaginary one for the moment.
- Extract from : « The Beth Book » by Sarah Grand
- After an extraordinary display of ostentation, Longchamp was ousted in his turn.
- Extract from : « Windsor Castle » by William Harrison Ainsworth
- Where heavy hand machines have come in they have ousted women.
- Extract from : « Women in the Printing Trades. » by Various
- There would be no salt left for him in the earth if he was ousted.
- Extract from : « Ralph the Heir » by Anthony Trollope
- The combined forces of the ousted Khalifas were the more numerous.
- Extract from : « The River War » by Winston S. Churchill
Synonyms for ousted
- banish
- bereave
- boot out
- bounce
- bundle off
- cast out
- chase
- depose
- deprive
- dethrone
- discharge
- disinherit
- dislodge
- displace
- dispossess
- divest
- drive out
- eject
- evict
- expulse
- fire
- force out
- give the 1-2-3
- kick out
- lay off
- let go
- lose
- ostracize
- pack off
- pink slip
- relegate
- remove
- rob
- sack
- send packing
- show the door
- throw out
- topple
- transport
- turn out
- unseat
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