English Explanatory Dictionary

outcast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cast out; to banish.
adj
  1. That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.
noun
  1. One that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper.
  2. Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit.
  3. A quarrel.
  4. The amount of increase in the bulk of grain during malting.

Pronunciation

/ˈaʊtkɑːst/ /ˈaʊtkæst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outcast.wav

Word forms

outcast outcasts outcasting outcasted more outcast most outcast

Etymology

From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- + cast.

Synonyms

abject castaway deviant exile fremd leper misfit offscouring outcast outsider overcast pariah reject untouchable

Related words

alien stranger misanthropist odd one out dork recluse ostracization Appendix:English terms for outsiders

Derived words

outcastish outcastness
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