About The Word Ostracize
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Ostracize
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What's The Definition Of Ostracize?
[v] avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"
[v] expel from a community or group Synonyms | Synonyms for Ostracize: ban | banish | blackball | cast out | ostracise | shun Related Terms | Find terms related to Ostracize: avoid | ban | banish | bar | bar out | blackball | blacklist | blockade | boycott | cast out | categorically reject | cold-shoulder | count out | cut | cut off | debar | deport | disallow | disapprove | disapprove of | disfavor | disfellowship | displace | dissent from | embargo | exclude | excommunicate | exile | expatriate | expel | extradite | freeze out | frown at | frown down | frown upon | fugitate | grimace at | ignore | isolate | keep out | leave out | lock out | look askance at | look black upon | not approve | not go for | not hear of | not hold with | object | object to | omit | oppose | oust | outlaw | pass over | preclude | prohibit | proscribe | protest | reject | relegate | repudiate | rusticate | say no to | segregate | send away | send down | send to Coventry | shun | shut out | snob | snub | spurn | taboo | take exception to | think ill of | think little of | throw out | thrust out | thumb down | transport | view with disfavor See Also | avoid | boycott | exclude | expel | keep out | kick out | shut | shut out | throw out Ostracize In Webster's Dictionary \Os"tra*cize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ostracized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Ostracizing}.] [Gr. ?, fr. ? a tile, a tablet
used in voting, a shell; cf. ? oyster, ? bone. Cf. {Osseous},
{Oyster}.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular
vote, as at Athens. --Grote.
2. To banish from society; to put under the ban; to cast out
from social, political, or private favor; as, he was
ostracized by his former friends. --Marvell.
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