Outcast definitions

out'kăst'
The definition of an outcast is a person who doesn't fit in with the majority and who is not accepted by the crowd.

The weird kid at school that no one will talk to is an example of an outcast.

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One that has been excluded from a society or system.
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Driven out; rejected.
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A person or thing cast out or rejected, as by society.
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To cast out; to banish. [from 14th c.]
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That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. [from 14th c.]
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One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah. [from 14th c.]
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Origin of outcast

From out- +"Ž cast.

Sentence Examples

  • "Why are you wandering about like an outcast?" asked her mother.

  • He was an outcast, especially by his mother, though she wouldn't admit it.

  • These homes deal with the outcast and destitute in a plain, straightforward way.

  • In education, in care for the sick, the poor, the outcast, it has retained the spirit of its Lord.

  • Of all the Immortals and creatures in the world, she felt even closer to the outcast that was her mate.

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