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Meaning of Outcast | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈaʊtkɑːst

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

Català paria
Čeština vyvrhel
Cymraeg crwydriad
Ελληνικά αποπαίδι
Esperanto elpelito
Eesti paaria
Gaeilge díbeartach
Gàidhlig dìobarach
Galego paría
Hausa zare
Magyar száműzött
Bahasa Indonesia paria
日本語 のけ者 非人
한국어 왕따
Македонски отпадник
Svenska paria utstött
Українська ізгой па́рія

Examples

“If ever you chance upon the whole truth about any outcast or many, never tell it to just anybody, or at least not right away; unjust exclusion from a society is just one kind of hardship.”
“The other factions believe that those who are Factionless are nomads and outcasts. But they are actually a fully functioning community.”
“Do you ever feel like an outcast? You don't have to fit into the format Oh, but it's okay to be different 'Cause baby, so am I”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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