persona non grata
Officially unwelcome visitor
Persona non grata is a person who is unwelcome or unacceptable.
The term comes from diplomatic usage, where a host country can declare a foreign diplomat persona non grata, requiring their removal.
More broadly, it describes anyone who has fallen out of favor: After the scandal, he became persona non grata at the club.
Plural: personae non gratae.
Rejected, shunned person
- outcastShunned, rejected person
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- leperOne shunned for illness
scapegoat · alienated · marginalized · isolated · snubbed · cold-shouldered · avoided · ignored
Formally excluded or barred
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- debarredOfficially excluded or forbidden
excommunicated · barred · ostracized · exiled · ejected · removed · ousted · blackballed
Not wanted here
- disgracedBrought into shame
- dislikedFelt aversion toward
- despisedIntensely disliked, held contemptible
- detestedIntensely disliked
loathed · scorned · disdained · reviled · vilified · condemned · denounced · discredited
Forced permanent removal
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- diplomatOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
consul · attaché · legation · declaration · sovereignty · recall · credentials · foreign ministry
pariah
Rejected, shunned person
- outcastShunned, rejected person
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
leper · scapegoat · alienated · marginalized · isolated · snubbed · cold-shouldered · avoided · ignored · disowned
blacklisted
Formally excluded or barred
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
debarred · excommunicated · barred · ostracized · exiled · ejected · removed · ousted · blackballed · cast out
unwelcome
Not wanted here
- disgracedBrought into shame
- dislikedFelt aversion toward
- despisedIntensely disliked, held contemptible
detested · loathed · scorned · disdained · reviled · vilified · condemned · denounced · discredited · tarnished
expulsion
Forced permanent removal
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- diplomatOfficial foreign representative
envoy · consul · attaché · legation · declaration · sovereignty · recall · credentials · foreign ministry · diplomatic immunity
- disgracedishonor, disgrace, downfall, stigma, scandal
- exclusionexclude, excluded, rule out, banned, bans
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- Social rejectionrejection, exclusion, ostracism, snubbed, shunned
- social outcastsoutcast, pariah, loner, hermit, recluse
- Latin Wordsad, ad nauseam, et, caveat emptor, affidavit
persona non grataambassador
Official foreign representative
envoy · credentialed · emissary · plenipotentiary · diplomatic agent
persona non gratafavorite son
Locally championed candidate
man of the hour · pillar of the community · darling · celebrity · luminary
person, personal, personality, persona, personally, impersonal, personable, personify, personalize