outcasts

[Out·cast`]

An outcast is someone who isn't wanted. To remember what outcast means, flip it around: outcasts have been cast out from somewhere.

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Cast out; degraded.

Noun
a person who is rejected (from society or home)

Adjective S.
excluded from a society

a.
Cast out; degraded.

n.
One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond.

n.
A quarrel; a contention.

Outcast

Out"cast` , a. [Cf. Sw. utkasta to cast out.] Cast out; degraded. "Outcast, rejected." Longfellow.

Outcast

Out"cast`, n. 1. One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond.

The Lord . . . gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

2. A quarrel; a contention. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Cast out; degraded.

One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond.

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Usage Examples

Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.

People forget how outcast 'They Might Be Giants' can be. They have a reputation for writing really deft, funny, clever melodies, and they also make a lot of music for kids, which is terrific, but when you see them in concert, they can rock the house.

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Other Usage Examples

It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.

I was kind of an outcast in school 'cause I always kept to myself and was writing poetry and then going on tour with my brother band all the time, so kids didn't know what to make of me.