Synonyms of ostracized

ostracized

verb

past tense of ostracize

as in criticized

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

• criticized
• attacked
• denounced
• excommunicated
• condemned
• blamed
• hated
• blacklisted
• disparaged
• belittled
• censured
• decried
• anathematized
• faulted
• execrated
• panned
• damned
• scolded
• sentenced
• convicted
• doomed
• knocked
• reprobated
• deprecated
• slammed
• chastised
• reprehended
• reprimanded
• berated
• rebuked
• dissed
• dispraised
• blasted
• admonished
• reviled
• castigated
• upbraided
• abhorred
• reproached
• detested
• loathed
• cursed
• reproved
• raked
• lambasted
• vituperated
• chid
• abominated
• imprecated

Dissimilar Words

• approved
• sanctioned
• endorsed
• praised
• exalted
• applauded
• lauded
• commended
• hailed
• extolled
• acclaimed
• saluted
• glorified
• honored
• sanctified
• revered
• consecrated
• touted
• eulogized
• blessed
• venerated
• hallowed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ostracized

After opening up about his gender identity and sexuality to another youth at a group home in rural Oregon, Rin quickly regretted it, feeling ostracized from the other youth by his caregivers and misunderstood. — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Interracial families were ostracized, and mixed-race children were excluded from the Baptist mission schools. — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2026

Despite the verdict Lizzie was ostracized by the people of Fall River. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

Parsi society ostracized Ruttie, and her father summoned the couple to court, alleging that Jinnah had abducted her. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

While the boys focus on their rodeo careers, Jojo feels ostracized by the more traditional women riders and cowgirls. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026

Throwing a pupil to the media risks being ostracized from the inner circles. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Some are more comfortable than others with staging the show, like high schoolers Bones and Megan, best friends who have grounded heads on their shoulders about how they’ve been ostracized by their broader communities. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 July 2026

Three years later, censured by his Senate colleagues, ostracized by his party, and ignored by the press, McCarthy drank himself to death, a broken man at the age of 48. — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026