| VERB | social | ostracize, banish, ban, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball | expel from a community or group |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | ostracize, ostracise | avoid speaking to or dealing with |
| Sounds | ao'strahsay.z | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | Expel from a community or group. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | banish, ban, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball | |
| Broader | expel, throw out, kick out | Force to leave or move out |
| Spanish | desterrar, exiliar, expeler, expulsar, marginar | |
| Catalan | bandejar, desterrar, exiliar, marginar | |
| Nouns | ostracism | the act of excluding someone from society by general consent |
| ostracism | the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | |
| Meaning | avoid speaking to or dealing with. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" | |
| Synonym | ostracise | |
| Entails | avoid | Stay clear from |
| Narrower | boycott | refuse to sponsor |
| Broader | exclude, keep out, shut out, shut | prevent from entering |
| Spanish | exiliar, marginar | |
| Catalan | condemnar a l'ostracisme, exiliar, fer el buit, marginar | |
| Nouns | ostracism | the act of excluding someone from society by general consent |
| ostracism | the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | |
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