Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

outcast

[out-kast, -kahst] / ˈaʊtˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

No, I was such an outcast that I didn’t know I was outcast!

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

"Here is this wonderful animal who is a little outcast from how the rest of his species is, but who is beloved and treasured and has value," she added.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

There was also the possibility of being a social outcast in an era of card-tapping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

“As skateboarders we’ve kind of always been the underdogs, seen as the outcast or the rebels,” says Martinez during a recent video interview with the whole squad gathered.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

Somehow, now that I had once crossed the threshold of this house, and once was brought face to face with its owners, I felt no longer outcast, vagrant, and disowned by the wide world.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




Vocabulary lists containing outcast