Synonyms of ostracize

ostracize

verb

as in to criticize

to not allow (someone) to be included in a group; to exclude (someone) from a group

She was ostracized by the scientific community for many years because of her radical political beliefs.

The other girls ostracized her because of the way she dressed.

Related Words

• criticize
• denounce
• attack
• excommunicate
• condemn
• blame
• hate
• disparage
• decry
• fault
• belittle
• censure
• blacklist
• deprecate
• scold
• anathematize
• knock
• convict
• sentence
• chastise
• pan
• reprehend
• damn
• execrate
• chide
• berate
• admonish
• dispraise
• doom
• slam
• castigate
• reprobate
• rebuke
• dis
• revile
• upbraid
• reprimand
• reproach
• blast
• reprove
• detest
• rake
• loathe
• abhor
• vituperate
• curse
• lambaste
• imprecate
• abominate

Dissimilar Words

• approve
• endorse
• sanction
• exalt
• applaud
• commend
• glorify
• praise
• extol
• salute
• honor
• sanctify
• hail
• consecrate
• laud
• tout
• eulogize
• revere
• bless
• acclaim
• venerate
• hallow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ostracize

Their rivals were a candid, impudent pair, the schoolgirlish Shakira and a throaty American bottle-service girl named Toni, both incapable of conniving their way into romance, prone to heartbreak, and swiftly ostracized for their overt judgment of other islanders. — Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026

After spending 11 months gathering evidence, interviewing two dozen tearful girls and their parents, then being stonewalled by state prosecutors and attacked in the media, they were then ostracized by federal prosecutors, who took over the case in early 2007. — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026

In 2023, the councilmember decisively beat back a recall attempt funded by Santa Ana’s police union and apartment owners who didn’t like her unabashedly progressive views in a city where centrist Democrats have dominated politics for decades and lefty ones were long ostracized. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026

Pride Nights and radical members of the LGBTQ community, including Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow, have shamed, and even ostracized millions of fans and many players who don’t align with their ideology. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026

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