Synonyms for castoff


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : kast-awf, -of, kahst-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæstˌɔf, -ˌɒf, ˈkɑst-

Top 10 synonyms for castoff Other synonyms for the word castoff

Définition of castoff

  • As in old : adj obsolete, outdated
  • As in discarded : adj rejected
  • As in olden : adj old
  • As in derelict : adj deserted, forsaken
  • As in scrap : noun tiny bit of something
  • As in desertion : noun abandonment
  • As in flotsam : noun floating debris
Example sentences :
  • So he picked up some castoff feathers of the Peacocks and stuck them among his own black plumes.
  • Extract from : « The sop for Children » by sop
  • Are you not a bit sorry for the neat little halo that now hangs like a piece of castoff clothing on the bedpost of an adulteress?
  • Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
  • Doubtless she would hail his wish—half a reform in itself—to castoff the outward signs of an accepted degradation.
  • Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • A player comes on under the shadow, made up in the castoff mail of a court buck, a wellset man with a bass voice.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • The child pointed to what appeared to be some ragged, castoff clothes left in the hole by the late occupant.
  • Extract from : « Selected Stories » by Bret Harte
  • Behold him, beneath the mass of stale and putrid slime, a castoff, friendless and penniless vagabond.
  • Extract from : « Treading the Narrow Way » by R. E. Barrett

Antonyms for castoff

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