Synonyms of frozen out

frozen out

verb

past participle of freeze out

as in excluded

to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of

a housing market that effectively freezes out people of moderate means

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excluded
• eliminated
• shut out
• counted (out)
• ruled out
• closed out
• excepted
• closed one's doors to
• banned
• blocked
• debarred
• barred
• prevented
• prohibited
• checked off
• precluded
• excommunicated
• ostracized
• exiled
• suspended
• hindered
• blacklisted
• combed (out)
• thrown out
• obviated
• deterred
• blackballed
• banished
• warded (off)
• impeded
• deported
• ceased
• obstructed
• staved off
• weeded (out)
• expelled
• ousted
• halted
• discontinued
• disregarded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• included
• admitted
• received
• taken in
• accepted
• welcomed
• entertained
• embraced
• unbanned

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of frozen out

Wayne State University psychology professor Hannah Schacter says changes during adolescence make teenagers unusually sensitive to acceptance and rejection, which is why being frozen out of a group chat can register as a real loss. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026

Although fines and suspended bans have been handed out to clubs, and some boys have been frozen out of the game for months until being cleared, few transfers have ever been banned by the five-step process. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

About Premium Content has Country Spy, a light crime series about Marie-Line Maupain, a spy for the French secret service who is abruptly frozen out by her superiors and sent back to her home town. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026

Years of soaring home prices, especially in the early part of this decade when rock-bottom mortgage rates fueled a buying frenzy, have left many would-be home buyers frozen out of the market. — Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Years of soaring home prices, especially in the early part of this decade when rock-bottom mortgage rates fueled a buying frenzy, have left many would-be homebuyers frozen out of the market. — Alex Veiga, Fortune, 9 July 2026

At 61/2, she was immediately branded a lesbian and frozen out. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026

Unions that back the wrong horse in a primary can get frozen out. — Heather Merrick, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026

In the aftermath of 2020, Jones was stripped of a committee chairmanship and frozen out of Senate GOP leadership. — Shannon McCaffrey, AJC.com, 10 June 2026