ostracized
Excluded from group
Ostracized means excluded from a group or community, deliberately shut out from social participation.
The word comes from the ancient Greek practice of voting to exile citizens by writing names on pottery shards.
Someone ostracized isn't just ignored but actively rejected: After the scandal, she was ostracized by her colleagues.
The verb ostracize and noun ostracism share this sense of formal or informal banishment.
Persistently avoided socially
- rejectedRefused or turned away
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- sidelinedRemoved from participation
alienated · snubbed · ignored · avoided · cold-shouldered · shut out · overlooked · spurned
Forced from one's country
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- banishedForced to leave permanently
- excommunicatedOfficially cut from church
- cast awayDiscard or strand someone
outcast · pariah · deported · evicted · expatriated · proscribed · disfellowshipped · purged
Made to feel disgrace
- disgracedBrought into shame
- dishonoredBrought shame upon
- stigmatizedMarked with social shame
- taintedContaminated, made impure
branded · marked · tarnished · discredited · humiliated · vilified · scorned · condemned
Without others present
- lonelyWanting companionship
- isolatedSeparated from others
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
deserted · solitary · disconnected · withdrawn · detached · estranged · separated · cut off
Removed from social circle
- ghostedAbruptly ceased all communication
- canceledOfficially called off
- blockedPassage prevented or impeded
- mutedMade quieter or softer
defriended · deplatformed · unpersoned · shadow-banned · left on read · iced out · dropped · ditched
shunned
Persistently avoided socially
- rejectedRefused or turned away
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
sidelined · alienated · snubbed · ignored · avoided · cold-shouldered · shut out · overlooked · spurned · unwelcome
exiled
Forced from one's country
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- banishedForced to leave permanently
- excommunicatedOfficially cut from church
cast away · outcast · pariah · deported · evicted · expatriated · proscribed · disfellowshipped · purged · anathematized
shamed
Made to feel disgrace
- disgracedBrought into shame
- dishonoredBrought shame upon
- stigmatizedMarked with social shame
tainted · branded · marked · tarnished · discredited · humiliated · vilified · scorned · condemned · taboo
alone
Without others present
forsaken · deserted · solitary · disconnected · withdrawn · detached · estranged · separated · cut off · adrift
unfriended
Removed from social circle
- ghostedAbruptly ceased all communication
- canceledOfficially called off
- blockedPassage prevented or impeded
muted · defriended · deplatformed · unpersoned · shadow-banned · left on read · iced out · dropped · ditched · cut off
- exclusionexclude, excluded, rule out, banned, bans
- outout, outside, outdoor, outdoors, outsider
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- outsidersoutcast, outsider, outcasts, pariah, misfit
- rejectedrejected, spurned, rebuffed, snubbed, refused
- rejection wordsrejected, rebuffed, spurned, snubbed, refused
ostracizedincluded
Made part of
welcomed · accepted · embraced · integrated · incorporated