adj

ostracized

adj

Excluded or shut out from a group; treated as an outcast.

"After the scandal broke, he was ostracized by former colleagues and friends alike."

"She felt ostracized at school for being different."

How to Use Ostracized

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishLeft out and shunned by a group of people, deliberately and often for a long time.

Common pairings

felt ostracized socially ostracized ostracized by the community

more ostracized comparative, most ostracized superlative

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After the scandal broke, he was _____ by former colleagues and friends alike.

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