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

Following a group of outcasts who find themselves in their high school’s glee club singing and dancing every week, the series followed a story that worked week after week, and propelled its stars to worldwide fame.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 25 July 2026
Crushed by the pressure of teachers and parents, three outcasts take refuge in a nearby forest.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 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

Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster and consultant, said activists and voters have been willing to overlook potential vulnerabilities while supporting outsiders for office.

— Jill Colvin, Fortune, 23 July 2026
There were several good sides at this tournament, with relative outsiders such as Denmark and the USSR becoming hugely popular for their positive football.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of outsiders

Noun

In hard years, Noe Terrebonne, the great-great-grandson of Acadian exiles, would do a bit of smuggling for Li Shan, the Chinese proprietor of a shrimp-drying platform on Bayou Andre, in the marsh north-west of Cheniere Disparue.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
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

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