Definition of Ostracize

1. Verb. Expel from a community or group.


2. Verb. Avoid speaking to or dealing with. "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"
Exact synonyms: Ostracise
Entails: Avoid
Generic synonyms: Exclude, Keep Out, Shut, Shut Out
Specialized synonyms: Boycott
Derivative terms: Ostracism, Ostracism, Ostracism, Ostracism

Definition of Ostracize

1. v. t. To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

Definition of Ostracize

1. Verb. To exclude (a person) from society or from a community, by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to talk to or associate with; to shun. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ostracize

1. [v -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostracize

ostraceous
ostracion
ostraciont
ostracionts
ostracise
ostracised
ostracises
ostracising
ostracism
ostracisms
ostracite
ostracites
ostracizable
ostracization
ostracizations
ostracize (current term)
ostracized
ostracizes
ostracizing
ostracod
ostracoda
ostracode
ostracoderm
ostracodermi
ostracoderms
ostracodes
ostracods
ostracoid
ostracoidea
ostracoids

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