OFFSCOURINGS Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

offscourings

noun

plural of offscouring

as in rejects

one who is cast out or rejected by society the hills are controlled by bandits and other unsavory offscourings who have taken up a life outside the law

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Noun

The most opinionated of these rejects is Smarty Pants, a basic toilet-training tech tool given an amusingly snarky attitude by Conan O’Brien.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
Today, there are hundreds of rejects packed in wood cabinets and cardboard boxes.

— Steve Hartman, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026

Definition of rejects

Noun

Considered the lowest of South Asia's hierarchical caste system, Dalits were once known as outcasts and many are still treated that way.

— Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026
The Ramones stood on stage not as rock gods or unattainable heroes, but as oddballs, misfits, and fellow outcasts in torn jeans.

— Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

Definition of outcasts

Noun

Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.

— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025

Definition of lepers

Noun

Not everyone treated the couple as pariahs, though.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
These factors have turned the Ellisons into Murdoch-like pariahs among many Democrats, and have brought together a somewhat ideologically diverse antitrust coalition, ranging from the more centrist wing of the Democratic Party to the progressive left.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 Mar. 2026

Definition of pariahs

Noun

Unfortunately, during the early to mid-twentieth century, negative perceptions of immigrant and ethnic laborers led many outsiders to view their neighborhoods as unsafe, unclean, and detrimental to the social fabric of American cities.

— Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
And the Democrat noted that while other states seemed interested in younger candidates who might be perceived as outsiders, California Democrats backed a veteran politician in Xavier Becerra.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of outsiders

Noun

In the 1930s and 1940s, postrevolutionary Mexico emerged as both an incubator of modern art and haven for European refugees, political exiles and other expats.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Many Latinos, including Cubans and Cuban Americans living in the United States, were in favor of this action, especially the old generation of Miami Cuban and Venezuelan exiles who have long supported the Republican Party.

— Juan Carlos Albarran, The Conversation, 13 July 2026

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