noun
outcast
OWT-kahst
noun
1
A person who has been rejected or excluded by a group or society.
"He felt like an outcast at his new school."
"The village treated her as an outcast after the rumor spread."
adj
1
Rejected or excluded, cast out from a group.
"The outcast prince wandered the kingdom in disguise."
How to Use Outcast
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomeone who has been shut out or shunned by the people around them.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
social outcast
feel like an outcast
treated as an outcast
Word Forms
more outcast comparative, outcast past tense, outcasted past tense, outcasts plural, outcasts singular, most outcast superlative
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Etymology
From Middle English outcasten, built from "out-" and "cast," meaning literally to throw or cast out.