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ostracized

/ˈɒstrəsaɪzd/

/ˈɑstrəˌsaɪzd/

Translations

ostracizedadjective

more ostracized

Comp.

most ostracized

Super.

/ˈɒstrəsaɪzd/

/ˈɑstrəˌsaɪzd/

ostraciséS’emploie surtout dans un contexte social pour dire qu’une personne est mise à l’écart ou rejetée par un groupe.

After the scandal, he felt ostracized by his former colleagues.

Après le scandale, il se sentait ostracisé par ses anciens collègues.

Additional translations

excluTraduction plus générale, utilisée quand l’idée d’exclusion sociale est exprimée sans insistance sur l’ostracisme.

rejetéNuance de rejet par un groupe ou un entourage.

Synonyms

ostracizeverb

ostracized

Past Simple

ostracized

Past Simple

ostracized

Past Participle

ostracizing

Gerund

/ˈɒstrəsaɪz/

/ˈɑstrəˌsaɪz/

ostraciser

The community decided to ostracize him after the scandal.

La communauté a décidé de l’ostraciser après le scandale.

Synonyms

cast out

Antonyms

ostracizepast participle

ostracized

Used attributively to describe someone who has been excluded or shunned.

ostraciséAu féminin : ostracisée.

The ostracized poet lived in isolation.

Le poète ostracisé vivait dans l’isolement.

Synonyms

cast out

Definitions

ostracizedadjective

Excluded from a group or society; shunned.

After the scandal, he felt ostracized by his former colleagues.

ostracizeverb

To exclude someone from a society or group.

The community decided to ostracize him after the scandal.

To banish a citizen for a fixed period by popular vote, as practiced in ancient Athens.

The assembly voted to ostracize the ambitious statesman.

ostracizepast participle

Excluded from a society or group; socially shunned.

The ostracized poet lived in isolation.