outcast

/ˈaʊt.kɑːst/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈaʊt.kæst/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈau̇t-ˌkast/ (ame, mw) · /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈaʊtkæst/ (ame, ipa)

outcast — noun

  • outcastsingular
  • outcastsplural

1. someone whom a community or social group pushes away and no longer treats as one

1.名詞C1
釋義

someone whom a community or social group pushes away and no longer treats as one of its own

例句

After the trial, people in town treated Jin as an outcast.

treat someone as an outcast

At school, Bao felt like an outcast after the rumor spread.

feel like an outcast

同義詞
  • outsider

    Weaker; can simply mean someone not inside the group.

  • misfit

    Focuses more on not fitting in naturally than on being driven away.

  • pariah

    More formal and often even stronger in tone.

反義詞
  • member

    Someone accepted as part of the group.

  • insider

    Someone within the group who is accepted and informed.

用法筆記

Usually appears after verbs such as "become", "feel like", and "treat someone as". Stronger than "outsider": it suggests open rejection, not simply being new or different.

常見錯誤

❌Nina was an outcast on her first day at work because she was new.
✅Nina was new at work, but she was not an outcast.
💡'outcast' suggests active rejection by the group, not simple unfamiliarity.

outcast — adjective